http://food.propeller.com/story/2008/05/07/irvine-robbins-90-co-founder-of-the-baskin-robbins-ice-cream-empire He and his brother-in-law each opened ice cream stores in the Los Angeles area after WWII, then combined them by 1948 to form what would become an empire. http://media-images.nscpcdn.com/media/ns-logo-rss.gif http://www.propeller.com en-us Copyright 2006-2007 Propeller Propeller.com