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Jerry is born
Jerry Greenfield is born in Brooklyn, New York -
Jerry meets Ben
Jerry meets Ben in gym class in junior high. They become good friends. -
Jerry goes to college
Jerry graduates high school and leaves to go to Oberlin college. -
Jerry gets a job
Jerry works as an ice cream scooper in the college's cafe -
Jerry graduates college
Jerry graduates from Oberlin college with a pre-med cirriculum, he tries to get into medical school twice but fails. -
Jerry moves in with Ben
Jerry moves back to New York and gets an apartment with Ben on East 10th Street, Jerry is working as a lab technician. -
Jerry gets rejected
Jerry tries to get into medical school again and is rejected, he decides to move to North Carolina. -
Jerry moves North
Jerry moves back north and moves in with Ben in Saratoga Springs, New York -
Jerry and Ben's idea
Jerry and Ben decide they are going to open their own business. They originally want to open a bagel shop but decide to open an ice cream shop becasue the equipment is cheaper. -
Jerry take a class
Jerry takes a class on how to make ice cream with Ben, the class cost $5. -
Jerry is very busy
Jery makes all of the ice cream for the shop. -
Ben & Jerry's opens
The first Ben & Jerry's shop is opened in Burlington Vermont -
Jerry leaves
Jerry leaves the business to support his girlfriend Elizabeth Skarie when she is pursuing her Ph. D. in pyschology. -
Ben & Jerry's moves
The business is moved to a larger building and they start packaging ice cream in pint size containers. -
Lawsuit filed
Ben & Jerry's files a lawsuit against the Pillsbury company for trying to limit their distribution. -
Jerry returns
Jerry returns and takes over as the director of mobile promotions. -
Roadtrip
Ben and Jerry go across the country in their "cowmobile" giving free samples of their ice cream as an advertisement. The "cowmobile" catches fire and burns down outside Clevelend Ohio. -
Jerry gets married
Jerry and Elizabeth get married -
Second lawsuit filed
Ben & Jerry's files a second lawsuit against Pillsbury -
Jerry's son is born
Jerry and Elizabeth have a son and name him Tyrone. -
Ben & Jerry's is bought
The company is bought by Unilever, Ben and Jerry remain active in the company but do not have any responsibilities or authority.