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The Milton Hershey School, formerly the Hershey Industrial School, is a private boarding school in Hershey, Pennsylvania for K–12 students. The institution was founded in 1909 by chocolate industrialist Milton Hershey and his wife, Catherine Hershey .
Hershey and his wife established the Hershey Industrial School with a Deed of Trust in 1909. In 1918, Hershey transferred the majority of his assets, including control of the company, to the Milton Hershey School Trust fund, to benefit the Industrial School. The trust fund has a majority of voting shares in the Hershey Company, allowing it to ...
Unable to have children of his own, Milton S. Hershey, founder of the Hershey Company, founded the Hershey Industrial School in 1909 for white orphaned boys. In 1918, three years after the death of his wife, Milton Hershey donated around $90 million to the boarding school in trust, as well as 40% of the Hershey Company's common stock.
The Hershey Trust Company is an American corporation incorporated on April 28, 1905, by Milton S. Hershey, Harry Lebkicher and John E. Snyder.The Hershey Trust Company serves as the Trustee of the Milton Hershey School Trust, The M.S. Hershey Foundation and the Hershey Cemetery Perpetual Care Maintenance Trust and focuses its business solely on these trusts, to advance the legacy of Milton and ...
Hershey Continues Innovative Distance Learning Program Connecting U.S. and Rural Ghanaian School Children HERSHEY, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Hershey Company (NYS: HSY) : Social studies class at ...
In 1905, Hershey created the Hershey Trust Company to provide banking to the town of Hershey. In 1909, Hershey and his wife Catherine, who were unable to have children, established the Hershey Industrial School for orphan boys (renamed the Milton Hershey School in 1951). Hershey created a deed of trust establishing a trust fund for the school.
Catherine Sweeney Hershey was a known gardener and designed the gardens at her homes and the Milton Hershey School. Regardless of this, their marriage was seen as a successful and happy one. Especially when Hershey purchased a nearby home for his mother to move into (a tactic he would also employ when they moved to, and settled the town of ...
63 West Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, U.S. Coordinates. 40°17′16″N 76°39′27″W / . 40.2878902°N 76.6575766°W. / 40.2878902; -76.6575766. Website. hersheystory.org. The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Avenue is devoted to the history and legacy of Milton S. Hershey and the chocolate candy confections he ...