- T. Gary Rogers
T. Gary Rogers is the
CEO of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream. He was the owner of Dreyer's until the company was taken over byNestlé in2006 .Rodgers purchased Dreyer's with his business partner,
Rick Cronk in 1977.Rogers is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from theBoy Scouts of America . He is the brother ofJames D. Rogers , who is also an Eagle Scout and Distinguished Eagle Scout. Their brother Don is also an Eagle Scout, as are seven of their sons, for a total of ten Eagle Scouts across two generations of this family.Rogers is an alumnus of the
University of California, Berkeley . He has been a substantial financial contributor to the university, particularly the rowing program. He recently gave a donation to build the new boathouse complex, which is now named in his honor.cite web | last = Peterson | first = Robert | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2002 | url = http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0211/d-wwas.html | title = Cal Crew Media Guide | format = | work = | publisher = California Golden Bears| accessdate = 2007-01-10]ee also
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List of Eagle Scouts (Boy Scouts of America) References
External links
* [http://www.dreyers.com/main/index.asp?b=104 Dreyer's website]
* [http://members.cox.net/scouting179/Eagle%20Famous.htm Famous Eagle Scouts]
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