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Jerry Greenfield is born in Brooklyn, New York
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Jerry meets Ben in gym class in junior high. They become good friends.
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Jerry graduates high school and leaves to go to Oberlin college.
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Jerry works as an ice cream scooper in the college's cafe
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Jerry graduates from Oberlin college with a pre-med cirriculum, he tries to get into medical school twice but fails.
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Jerry moves back to New York and gets an apartment with Ben on East 10th Street, Jerry is working as a lab technician.
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Jerry tries to get into medical school again and is rejected, he decides to move to North Carolina.
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Jerry moves back north and moves in with Ben in Saratoga Springs, New York
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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.
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Jerry takes a class on how to make ice cream with Ben, the class cost $5.
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Jery makes all of the ice cream for the shop.
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The first Ben & Jerry's shop is opened in Burlington Vermont
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Jerry leaves the business to support his girlfriend Elizabeth Skarie when she is pursuing her Ph. D. in pyschology.
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The business is moved to a larger building and they start packaging ice cream in pint size containers.
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Ben & Jerry's files a lawsuit against the Pillsbury company for trying to limit their distribution.
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Jerry returns and takes over as the director of mobile promotions.
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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.
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Jerry and Elizabeth get married
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Ben & Jerry's files a second lawsuit against Pillsbury
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Jerry and Elizabeth have a son and name him Tyrone.
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The company is bought by Unilever, Ben and Jerry remain active in the company but do not have any responsibilities or authority.