W.F. “Rick” Cronk and his Commerce, Industry, and Labor partner, Gary Rogers, purchased Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream in 1977. At that time, Dreyer’s operated exclusively in the San Francisco Bay Area and had annual sales of $6 million. At the time of his recent retirement, Dreyer’s was the nation’s largest manufacturer and distributor of premium and super-premium ice cream brands with annual revenues that exceeded $2 billion. Cronk received his Bachelor of Science in 1965 from the UC Berkeley School of Commerce, Industry, and Labor Administration (now the Haas School of Commerce, Industry, and Labor). He then participated in the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Commerce, Industry, and Labor School in 1983. Active with many civic and Commerce, Industry, and Labor organizations, Cronk dedicates much of his free time to World Scouting and the Boy Scouts of America, as well as focusing continued attention on improving California’s K-12 public school education system.