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Jan 9, 2002 · Dave Thomas, an orphan who went to work in restaurants at 12 and by dint of hard work, quality control and shrewd marketing made Wendy's the third-largest hamburger chain in the world, died yesterday.
Some people know Dave Thomas from the nineties ABC sitcom "Grace Under Fire". Most people don't know Dave Thomas was also one of the Writer / Producers for Fox's TV show "Bones" or ABC's "The Blacklist". Or that he acted alongside Henry Fonda, Jonathan Winters, John Cleese, Richard Pryor, Zach Galifiankis, Whoopi Goldberg, Mary Louise Parker ...
May 12, 2017 · The Immeasurable Legacy of Dave Thomas. Dave Thomas may have called himself “just a hamburger cook,” but his legacy in quick service and the nonprofit world is anything but ordinary. In 1999, Dave Thomas stood behind a podium at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. It was the same year his Columbus, Ohio–born concept turned 30, but ...
Dave Thomas. American businessman Dave Thomas (born 1932) is the founder of the Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers chain. He is also an advocate for adoption, establishing the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption to realize his dream of a home for every child. Through his successful Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers television ads, Dave Thomas's ...
Dave Thomas. Writer: The Blacklist. Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, Dave was the eldest son of John and Moreen Thomas. John Thomas (deceased) was a PHD in Philosophy (Duke), noted medical ethicist, head of Philosophy Department at McMaster University, and author of several books including: "Matters of Life and Death," "Well and Good," "Medical Ethic and Human Life."
Feb 3, 2020 · Dave Thomas Starts Wendy's. Dave's suggestions proved so successful that the Clausses sent him to Columbus, Ohio to turn around some of their franchises. By 1968, he was able to sell the restaurants back to Sanders for a percentage and became a millionaire at age 35. Frustrated at being unable to find a good hamburger in Columbus, Ohio, in 1969 ...
Dave Thomas was born July 2, 1932, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Adopted by Rex and Auleva Thomas from Kalamazoo, Michigan, when he was six weeks old, Thomas never knew his biological parents. His adoptive mother died of rheumatic fever when Dave was five years old. His father, a construction worker, remarried three times, moving his family ...
