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S. Prestley Blake
Stewart Prestley Blake (born November 26, 1914) is an American businessman. He is a co-founder of the Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (known more commonly as "Friendly's").
==Biography==
Blake was born in Jersey City in 1914 to Ethel and Herbert Prestley Blake. He attended Northfield Mount Hermon School and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He and his younger brother Curtis founded the Friendly's national restaurant chain during the Great Depression, in 1935. The company was sold to Hershey Foods in 1979 for $164 million, and again for $375 million in 1988.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Friendly's co-founder S. Prestley Blake nears 100th birthday; Springfield to celebrate )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Friendly’s and its founders are aging well )〕 He was chairman of the company until 1979. In 1980, Blake earned a PhD at Western New England College, and one in 1982 at Springfield College. He holds honorary PhD degrees from Bay Path College, Quinnipiac College, and Elms College.〔(''Who's Who in America'': 1996, Volume 3 )〕
In 2006 he was minority shareholder in Friendly's.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unfriendly maneuvers )〕 On May 1, 2011 Brigantine Media〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brigantine Media )〕 published Blake's autobiography, "A Friendly Life", which describes the early years of Friendly Ice Cream Company as well as Blake's shareholder suit. Blake was married to Della Deming and had one daughter and one son with her. He later married Helen Davis in 1982〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Friendly’s founder celebrating 100th birthday )〕 He turned 100 in 2014.
The S. Prestley Blake Law Center is the home of Western New England University's School of Law (he had donated $250,000 for it in 1979).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fund Raiser's Guide to Private Fortunes )〕 The Blake Student Center at Northfield Mount Hermon School is also named after him.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=S. Prestley Blake '34 )〕 In 2006 he donated $2 million to Springfield College and had Wilbraham Hall renamed as Herbert P. Blake Hall in honor of his father.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Untitled Document )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=In Our Towns )〕
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