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Christopher John Kempczinski was born in Boston, [2] and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. [3] He is the son of Richard Kempczinski, who was Professor of Surgery and Chief of Vascular Surgery at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, [4] and Ann Marie Kempczinski (née Campbell), who was a primary school teacher at Terrace Park Elementary in Cincinnati, Ohio. [5]
A prominent McDonald's hamburger restaurant franchisee from 1959 to 1986, after he introduced his sandwich in 1962, McDonald's Corp. founder and CEO Ray Kroc was not exactly thrilled at the idea of a fish sandwich on his franchise menu, for he thought that he had a better idea, a "Hula" burger, which had simply a breaded, fried pineapple slice in between a toasted bun and a slice of cheese.
Cohon at the opening of the 600th McDonald's Canada restaurant at the SkyDome, 1989. Cohon practiced corporate law in Chicago from 1961 to 1967 at his father's law firm, before moving to Toronto, Ontario as the licensee of McDonald's Corporation for Eastern Canada. He opened his first McDonald's location in London, Ontario on November 11, 1968. [3]
The oldest operating McDonald's restaurant is the third one built, opened in 1953. It is located at 10207 Lakewood Blvd. at Florence Ave. in Downey, California (at . Siblings Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's at 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California, on May 15, 1940.
In his anger, Kroc later opened a new McDonald's restaurant near the original McDonald's, which had been renamed "The Big M" because the brothers had neglected to retain rights to the name. "The Big M" closed six years later. [16] Speaking to someone about the buyout, Richard McDonald reportedly said that he had no regrets. [17]
Kroc also focused on aggressive expansion, opening new restaurants across the United States and eventually in other countries as well. He became the owner of McDonald's Corporation in 1961 and was credited as its founder. [5] After retiring from McDonald's, he owned the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1974 until his death ...
William Osler Abbott (1902–1943) — co-developed the Miller-Abbott tube; William Stewart Agras (born 1929) — feeding behavior; Virginia Apgar (1909–1974) — anesthesiologist who devised the Apgar score used after childbirth
Al Bernardin (February 17, 1928 – December 22, 2009) was an American restaurateur and businessman who invented the McDonald's Quarter Pounder in 1971 as a franchise owner in Fremont, California. [1]