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2 unusual facts about Pillsbury


Kevin Cashman

During his time at LeaderSource, Cashman worked with leaders and teams from notable multinational corporations and brands such as 3M, American Express, Avery Dennison, Carlson Companies, General Mills, Novartis, Pillsbury, and Honeywell.

Philip W. Pillsbury

Pillsbury was a grandson of Charles Pillsbury, co-founder of the flour-milling company which has grown to be among the world's largest diversified food companies.


Board track racing

Driver fatalities continued to mount on board tracks into the 1920s, and included four Indianapolis 500 winners, three of which occurred at the Altoona track (another Pillsbury design) in Tipton, Pennsylvania, and three in the same years in which the driver won at Indianapolis.

Boutique law firm

Additionally, Alexandria-based IP boutique Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis merged with Pittsburgh-based Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney in 2005, Cushman, Darby & Cushman was absorbed by national firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (then Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro), Houston-based Arnold, White & Durkee merged with Howrey (then Howrey & Simon), and Los Angeles-based Lyon & Lyon dissolved in 2002.

Cargill Pool Elevator

It was purchased in 1945 by investors who called themselves the "Pool Elevator Company." Pillsbury purchased the elevator facility in January, 1952 for $1 million.

Charles Pillsbury

He is also the source of the surname (and some perceived character traits) of the comic strip character Mike Doonesbury, created by Pillsbury's college roommate, Garry Trudeau.

Dassant

In 1992, the San Francisco Chronicle named Dassant Truffle Brownie Mix the best overall mix, beating out Pillsbury, Duncan Hines and Betty Crocker.

Ellen S. Berscheid

However, Berscheid dealing with her new marriage and a death in her family decided to decline the offer and became a research administrator for Pillsbury.

Hastings 1895 chess tournament

Pillsbury, a young American unknown in Europe, was the surprise winner with 16½ out of 21 points – ahead of Mikhail Chigorin (16) and world champion Emanuel Lasker (15½).

Jerry Greenfield

In 1984, Häagen-Dazs tried to limit distribution of Ben & Jerry’s in Boston, prompting Ben & Jerry’s to file suit against Häagen-Dazs' parent company, Pillsbury, in its now famous “What’s the Doughboy Afraid Of?” campaign.

John Pillsbury

John S. Pillsbury, governor of Minnesota and co-founder of the Pillsbury company

King Field, Minneapolis

Pillsbury Ave. named in honor of Gov. John Pillsbury, Governor in 1875, who served for three 2-year terms.

Marion Greene

After earning her M.B.A. from the University of Texas in Texas, Greene moved to the Twin Cities, where she worked in marketing for Pillsbury and General Mills before shifting to the medical device industry, working for Guidant and St. Jude Medical.

Matthew Pillsbury

Two of Pillsbury’s major influences include Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto and Cuban-born photographer Abelardo Morell, also a Yale alumni, who is also represented by the Bonni Benrubi Gallery in New York.

Philip Walsingham Sergeant

He also wrote biographical game collections of Paul Morphy (Morphy's Games of Chess (1916) and Morphy Gleanings), Rudolf Charousek (Charousek's Games of Chess (1919)), and Harry Nelson Pillsbury (Pillsbury's Chess Career, with W. H. Watts, 1922), and other important books such as A Century of British Chess (1934) and Championship Chess (1938).

Reuben and Rose Mattus

The Mattuses were kept on as consultants after the sale until Pillsbury was bought by Grand Metropolitan.

Robert Gass

As an organizational consultant, he has worked with corporations such as Chase Bank, General Motors, Pillsbury, Textron, Motorola and The Gap.

Sam Pillsbury

Pillsbury directed seven films at the National Film Unit, including a multi-faceted study of artist Ralph Hotere, and a satirical look at workplace relations (Men and Supermen).

Sinclair Skinner

Skinner has worked for numerous engineering companies including Ohmeda, Inc., Honeywell, Pillsbury, McDonnell Douglas Corporation and The Architect of the Capitol where he performed testing and development for the space shuttle’s main engine controllers, manufacturing for a flour mill company and designed roadways in Macon County, Alabama where he was an apprentice to Curtis Pierce, the first African American county engineer in Macon County, Alabama.

Skellington Productions

After producing award-winning animation for MTV, Ritz, Pillsbury, and more, Tim Burton left to work on Beetlejuice (1988), so Selick renamed the studio to Selick Projects.

The Crane Wives

Petersmark and Pillsbury, both students at Allendale’s Grand Valley State University, joined fellow students Tom Gunnels (banjo) and Dan Rickabus (drums/vocals) for the practice sessions.

Vaughn Walker

After clerking for United States District Court for the Central District of California Judge Robert J. Kelleher (1971–72), he practiced in San Francisco at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro.

Winston Lord

Lord is married in 1963 to best selling author and human rights activist Bette Bao Lord and has two children, Elizabeth Pillsbury and Winston Bao.


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