SID CRAIG
In 1992, Sid Craig pledged $10 million to CSUF for the School of Business and Administrative Sciences. Sid Craig is the President and Chief Executive of Jenny Craig International. In recognition of the donation our school was renamed The Sid Craig School of Business... <more info>
LEON S. PETERS
Leon S. Peters graduated from high school in 1923. His family, of Armenian descent, started farming in the San Joaquin Valley. Some years later after the loss of his parents, Leon went to work as a salesman for Valley Foundry in 1929. Seeing the potential of the company, Leon purchased it from the owners... <more info>
Merchants Association
of Fresno
Merchants Association of Fresno was organized April 7, 1911, by Fresno
business and professional organizations interested in establishing
a local credit bureau, one of the first merchant owned in California,
but also to promote harmony among the trade interests of Fresno County,
the regulation of business advertising practices, establishment of
laws, and promotion of business intercourse.... <more
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