Burt "Butch" Baskin founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain in 1946 with his partner and brother-in-law Irv Robbins. He was born in San Diego, California, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Harry Baskin. Baskin attended the California State University, East Bay and received an Associates of Arts degree, where he was a member of the Jewish fraternity Zeta Beta Tau. Burt and Irv first met in 1941 when Burt began courting Irv’s sister Shirley Robbins, whom he married in 1942. Wikipedia
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Burt Baskin was born in 1913 in Streator, Illinois (son of Mr. & Mrs. Harry Baskin ). Irv Robbins was born in 1918 in Tacoma, Washington . Burt Baskin attended the University of Illinois (Evanston) and received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Irv Robbins at yawiki.org/proc/Baskin_Robbins
