Milton S. Hershey
On March 2, 1903, he began construction on what was to become the world’s largest chocolate manufacturing company, only he didn't know that it would become a large company. In 1935, Hershey established the M.S. Hershey Foundation, a private charitable foundation that provides educational and cultural opportunities for Hershey residents.
Hershey was married to Catherine Sweeney from 1871 until her death in 1915. In 1912 Hershey was supposed to go on the RMS Titanic, but he could not go because his wife was sick at the time. Sweeney died three years later.
Hershey died on October 14, 1946 from natural causes in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a town named after him, aged 88 years old.
Hershey started a school for orphaned children. He gave the Hershey Trust to that school. He made a town for his workers. Unlike other worker towns, it was comfortable and not expensive. Among many of the places he built for his workers to go to in their free time, Hershey built the Hershey Park, now a popular amusement park. Hershey was among the first to use the idea of Taylorism, after Frederick Winslow Taylor. Taylorism is the idea that workers who do more should earn more.
References[change | change source]
- Coyle, Millie L. Milton Snavely Hershey HersheyHistory.org
- "Hershey's History". Hershey.com. http://www.hersheys.com/our-story.aspx#/timeline/1893. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- "The sinking of the RMS Titanic: A course of history". Pennlive.com. 12 April 2012. http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/04/post_342.html. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
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