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	Ben & Jerry's - Timeline
		Jerry Greenfield was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1951, four days before his partner, Ben Cohen.
		Jerry remembers that he and Ben were two of the widest students in their school and actually came to know each other trying to run the track in gym class.
		Jerry graduated from high school with a National Merit Scholarship under his belt and enrolled in Oberlin College in Ohio to study pre-med.
	www.benjerry.com /our_company/about_us/our_history/jerrybio.cfm (636 words)

	Fairfield University :: Jerry Greenfield Co-Founder of Ben and Jerry's to Speak At Fairfield
		Jerry Greenfield, left, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's Homemade, Inc., congratulates Fairfield University students (L-R Jennifer Mazzo, Jenn Sturges, Jeanne Volputta and Dan Vaccaro) for their leadership in winning the 1999 Gold Medal for Excellence from the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness.
		Jerry Greenfield and long-time friend and business partner, Ben Cohen, are the men behind one of the most talked-about and least conventional success stories in American business.
		Jerry Greenfield was born in Brooklyn, New York, four days before his partner, Ben Cohen, who he didn't meet until junior high school in Merrick, Long Island; the two have remained close friends ever since.
	www.fairfield.edu /x1873.xml (474 words)

	Ben & Jerry Coming to DePauw
		Jerry had hopes of becoming a doctor; Ben was trying to become a potter.
		Jerry Greenfield remains with the company as vice-chair of the board and director of mobile promotions and continues to oversee the work of the Ben andamp; Jerry's Foundation.
		Jerry Greenfield remains with the company as vice-chair of the board and director of mobile promotions and continues to oversee the work of the Ben and Jerry's Foundation.
	www.collegenews.org /x1049.xml (2185 words)

	Greenfield, Jerry (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Greenfield is the quiet one, preferring to leave the limelight to his more flamboyant partner.
		Greenfield was born in 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a stockbroker.
		Greenfield was granted a National Merit Scholarship, which is a scholarship given to students scoring very high on college SATs, and went off to Oberlin College in Ohio to study medicine.
	www.referenceforbusiness.com.cob-web.org:8888 /businesses/A-F/Greenfield-Jerry.html (744 words)

	News & Information, Kellogg School of Management
		In this case, the chill was welcome indeed, as Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc., visited the Kellogg School Feb. 22, bringing along plenty of his company's famous Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream to tempt the palates of the Kellogg students, staff and faculty who gathered to hear him talk business.
		Greenfield spoke in the Donald P. Jacobs Center as part of the Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Series, an event sponsored by the Kellogg Social Impact Club and Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Kellogg.
		Greenfield, who is today vice-chair of the board and director of mobile promotions, said the company's rise to the top was at once exciting and unsettling.
	www.kellogg.northwestern.edu /news/whatsnew/Jerry_DistEntrepreneur.htm (509 words)

	Daily Pioneer
		During college, Greenfield took his first job in the ice cream industry as a "scooper" in the cafeteria.
		In 1983, Ben & Jerry's ice cream was used to build the world's largest ice cream sundae which weighed 27,102 pounds and received national recognition.
		Greenfield will be speaking at UWP on Wednesday, March 9 beginning at 11 a.m.
	www.uwplatt.edu /news/2005/02/co-founder-of-ben-jerrys-to-speak-at.html (615 words)

	Ben and Jerry
		Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were both born in Brooklyn, New York in 1951.
		Jerry's first experience in the ice cream industry came while he was enrolled in college at Oberlin University in Ohio (Greenfield, 1997).
		Jerry was an ice cream scooper in the school's cafeteria.
	www.stfrancis.edu /ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/bbios/biograph/bj.htm (999 words)

	Ben and Jerry's Profile
		Ben and Jerry’s has a reputation for being socially responsible, both in terms of the environment and in its treatment of workers.
		By cooperating and consulting with Greenpeace, Ben and Jerry’s began using a non-chlorine bleached container for its ice cream —known as the "ECO-Pint" as a means of reducing dioxin emissions.
		Despite Ben and Jerry’s good reputation for maintaining positive relations with its workers, they became involved in a minor union controversy in late 1998.
	www.stanford.edu /group/SICD/BenJerry/benjerry.html (714 words)

	The Yale Herald - Nov 7, 2003 - Jerry's phat ('cause of all the ice cream) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		In 2000, Greenfield and his partner, Ben Cohen, sold Ben and Jerry's to Unilever, an international corporation, citing pressures from their shareholders.
		Both Greenfield and Cohen are still employed by Ben and Jerry's, and routinely perform public relations duties.
		In addition, Greenfield is involved in several non-profit agencies, including the Human Justice Center and the Institute for Sustainable Communities.
	www.yaleherald.com /article-p.php?Article=2618 (590 words)

	CorpWatch : US: Ben and Jerry's Plans to Lick Global Warming
		Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of the Ben & Jerry's ice cream company, is sitting in the lounge of a large chain hotel near London's Gloucester Road.
		The Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield story has become folklore in business circles; the two young hippies who took a $5 correspondence course in ice cream making and ended up with a multimillion-dollar business.
		Assorted media, representatives from the World Wildlife Fund, Greenfield's wife of 30 years Elizabeth, and son Tyrone watch footage of polar bears who, presumably, don't really mind that the people trying to save their habitat are wearing Ben & Jerry's T-shirts.
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=12285 (1753 words)

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		From the very beginning, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield designed a company that was centered around its employees: “this would be a company where the employees would be treated well.
		As Greenfield noted, “the new person would be surrounded by people who would have a vested interest in his or her success.” Clearly then, Cohen and Greenfield believed that their company would be more productive if the employees enjoyed working with one another as opposed to a workforce filled with dissent.
		However Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield believe that the merger is in the best interest of their company.
	pigseye.kennesaw.edu /~swiley/BJ.doc (1541 words)

	Progressive Party - Jerry Greenfield joins Zuckerman campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Greenfield, who lives in Williston, has given money to a few political causes, including Ralph Nader's presidential campaign and the Vermont Democratic Party, according to campaign donation filings.
		Greenfield said he is convinced Zuckerman would be a good candidate.
		The U.S. led war in Iraq is an issue which unites Greenfield and Zuckerman, both of whom said Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C. have failed by supporting or allowing the war.
	www.progressiveparty.org /news/view/?id=88 (655 words)

	Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield speaks for International Speakers Bureau
		Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are the men behind one of the most talked-about, and least conventional success stories in American business.
		Cohen and Greenfield were born in Brooklyn, New York, four days apart from each other.
		Greenfield began making all of the ice cream, but as the company expanded into new markets, he soon found himself handling everything from distribution to orientation to employee motivation.
	www.internationalspeakers.com /speaker_info.asp?s=ISBB-552VK6 (594 words)

	TIME.com: Ben and Jerry -- Page 1
		Their names may be synonymous with ice cream, but Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield have always been passionate about mixing politics into their pints.
		As Cohen and Greenfield, both 55, embarked on a national tour to raise awareness about the cost of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, they sat down with TIME's Jeremy Caplan to talk about their cause, corporate responsibility and the ice cream they stash in their freezers.
		Jerry Greenfield: It's pretty hard to imagine what we could possibly use 10,000 nuclear bombs for.
	www.time.com /time/nation/article/0,8599,1220641,00.html (855 words)

	Jerry Greenfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jerry Greenfield (born March 14, 1951) is an American entrepreneur, a co-founder of Ben and Jerry's.
		In 1978 Greenfield and his friend Ben Cohen opened Ben and Jerry's Homemade ice cream scoop shop in an old gas station in downtown Burlington, Vermont.
		He is married to Elizabeth Skarie and has one son, Tyrone Greenfield.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerry_Greenfield (116 words)

	Lynchburg College: News: Jerry Greenfield of Ben and Jerry's headlines "Moving From Charity to Justice 2006"
		Jerry Greenfield of Ben and Jerry's headlines "Moving From Charity to Justice 2006"
		Greenfield and his longtime friend and business partner Ben Cohen built a store-front venture in Vermont into a $160 million publicly held ice cream empire through social responsibility and creative management.
		Greenfield will talk about how a business cannot only survive, but thrive, by treating its employees and the environment with respect.
	www.lynchburg.edu /news/news.htm?id=430 (623 words)

	Business: Ben & Jerry's changes flavors
		Cohen and childhood friend Jerry Greenfield are the founders of Ben & Jerry's, the offbeat Vermont-based ice cream maker known for flavors such as Bovinity Divinity and Chunky Monkey.
		As much as Cohen and Greenfield tried to focus on being socially responsible, it was big business that determined the fate of their firm.
		Cohen and Greenfield said they hope to infect Unilever, a company about 170 times the size of Ben & Jerry's, with the social activism that has made their company famous.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2000news/5_14biz.htm (1073 words)

	Susquehanna University - News Release
		SELINSGROVE, (Pa.) --- Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.'s co-founder Jerry Greenfield will be the featured speaker at Susquehanna University's annual Sigmund Weis Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m.
		Greenfield's topic, "An Evening of Entrepreneurial Spirit, Social Responsibility and Radical Business Philosophy," will address one of the least conventional success stories in American business with the sense of fun that is the company's hallmark.
		Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., was founded in 1978 in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vt., by childhood friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.
	www.susqu.edu /news/releases/01-02/benandjerry.htm (305 words)

	Jerry Greenfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Jerry Greenfield '73 is cofounder and vice chair of the board of directors of Ben and Jerry's Homemade, Inc., a company he and cofounder Ben Cohen began in 1978 after receiving A's from a $5 Pennsylvania State University correspondence course in ice-cream making.
		Greenfield is also president of the Ben & Jerry's Foundation, which offers grants to organizations that address underlying conditions of social or environmental problems.
		He and Cohen, known for involving their business in community concerns and for their humane business practices, were named U.S. Small Business Persons of the Year in 1988, won the 1993 James Beard Humanitarians of the Year award, and were recognized by the Peace Museum as the 1997 Community Peacemakers of the Year.
	www.oberlin.edu /colrelat/commence98/greenfield.html (186 words)

	Krannert School of Management - Greenfield
		Jerry Greenfield and his longtime friend and business partner Ben Cohen are the men behind one of the most talked-about and least conventional success stories in American business.
		Co-founder of Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc., Greenfield has helped build a store-front venture into a $160 million publicly held ice cream empire by making social responsibility and creative management strengths instead of weaknesses.
		With his national bestseller, Ben and Jerry's Double-Dip: Lead with Your Values and Make Money, Too (co-authored by Cohen), Greenfield created both a nuts-and-bolts guidebook to the promise and pitfalls of "values-led" business, and an inspiring wake-up call about the growing international influence of the "socially conscious" or "mission-driven" corporation.
	www.mgmt.purdue.edu /events/ethics/greenfield.asp (276 words)

	Amazon.fr : Ben & Jerry's: The Inside Scoop : How Two Real Guys Built a Business With a Social Conscience and a Sense ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		While Ben & Jerry's is one of the leading innovative and socially responsible businesses, this tale is as much an example to young entrepreneurs of what not to do as it is a model of exactly what to do.
		Ben Cohen's dedication, marketing brilliance, and creativity and Jerry Greenfield's burnout, resignation from the company, and return are all faithfully documented, along with the dedication of the production workers to the ideal that has characterized Ben & Jerry's.
		Lager starts with a once-over-lightly version of how two childhood pals, Ben Cohen (a Colgate dropout) and Jerry Greenfield (an Oberlin grad who couldn't gain admission to med school), joined forces to open an ice cream parlor in an abandoned gas station in Burlington, Vt., in the spring of 1978.
	www.amazon.fr /Ben-Jerrys-Business-Social-Conscience/dp/0517883708 (698 words)

	Portland State \| News \| Jerry Greenfield of “Ben & Jerry’s” to Keynote Civic Engagement Awards, May 18
		Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., will be the keynote speaker at Portland State University’s annual Civic Engagement Awards.
		Greenfield will speak about corporate social responsibility and will share his experiences integrating progressive social values into the day-to-day activities of a business.
		Jerry Greenfield has received various civic awards, including the James Beard “Humanitarian of the Year” award, and was recognized by the Peace Museum as the 1997 Community Peacemaker of the Year.
	www.pdx.edu /news/9631 (284 words)

	Fool.com: Ben & Jerry's Final Chapter? [News] March 29, 2000
		The discussions have reportedly strained relations between co-founders Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen because Greenfield objects to rival Unilever's involvement, The Times reported.
		And last year Ben & Jerry's was able to pass on an impressive 3.3% increase to its distributors.
		In 1998, Ben & Jerry's ended its long-standing distribution agreement with ice cream company Dreyer's (Nasdaq: DRYR), leaving Dreyer's free to compete against Ben & Jerry's in the super premium segment.
	www.fool.com /news/2000/bjica000329.htm (712 words)

	Salon News \| Will big business gobble up Ben and Jerry's? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, along with a shareholder named Jeff Furman, hold 47 percent of the voting shares and are opposed to a buy out.
		But they are facing pressure from other shareholders, who want to take the money and run, nearly doubling their investment.
		Visitors to the Save Ben & Jerry's site are asked to sign a petition against what he calls the "liquidation" of the 21-year-old-company.
	www.salon.com /news/feature/1999/12/16/ben_and_jerry/index1.html (512 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Ben & Jerry's ices go Fairtrade
		US ice-cream firm Ben & Jerry's is set to launch its first Fairtrade product in the UK as it looks to supply a rise in demand for more ethical shopping.
		Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield said signing up to Fairtrade was the next step for his company in its efforts to ethically source its products.
		Mr Greenfield, who admitted that he had no idea how much profit a tub of his ice cream makes or how much it sells for, said that it was a "cop out" for companies to say that they simply made products for profits.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/business/5229306.stm (313 words)

	Amazon.com: Ben & Jerry's Double Dip : Lead With Your Values and Make Money, Too: Books: Ben Cohen,Jerry Greenfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield have a superb flair for marketing and in the process of growing their Ben & Jerry's¨ ice-cream business into a multimillion-dollar enterprise, their social mission has evolved alongside their financial one.
		Cohen and Greenfield's natural enthusiasm is immediately apparent, and the listener wonders whether they are about to sell him a new flavor.
		Cohen and Greenfield have the charisma to sell their ideas, and the audio format provides a compelling vehicle for them.
	www.amazon.com /Ben-Jerrys-Double-Dip-Values/dp/0684834995 (2148 words)

	Campus.News: Features
		Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc., will present "An Evening of Entrepreneurial Spirit, Social Responsibility, and Radical Business Philosophy." The speech, free and open to the public, will take place 7 p.m.
		Greenfield is co-author, along with partner Ben Cohen, of Ben and Jerry's Double Dip: Lead With Your Values and Make Money, Too.
		Greenfield's lecture kicks off Grand Marshal Week, April 5-14, a weeklong celebration that focuses on student government elections for the next school year.
	www.rpi.edu /dept/NewsComm/Campus_News/apr_02/april_1/benandjerry.html (213 words)

	Ben & Jerry's - Timeline
		Ben and Jerry rent space in an old spool and bobbin mill on South Champlain Street in Burlington and begin packing their ice cream in pints.
		The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation is established at the end of the year with a gift from Ben and Jerry to fund community-oriented projects; it is then provided with 7.5% of the company’s annual pre-tax profits.
		Ben & Jerry’s challenges the good citizens of the U.K. to suggest a new ice cream with a “veddy British flavour.” Though there were “Grape Expectations” for “Rolling Scones,” Britons maintained their “Stiff Upper Flip” by proclaiming “Cool Britannia™” the crown jewel of the contest.
	www.benjerry.com /our_company/about_us/our_history/timeline/index.cfm (3832 words)

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