Sam Born

He had been a rabbinical student from Berdichev, Ukraine, before his family fled to Paris, France, where he learned the art of chocolate-making.

In 1916 Sam Born was awarded the "key to the city" of San Francisco for inventing a machine that mechanically inserted sticks into lollipops.

[7] After opening a factory and store in Brooklyn, Sam brought his brothers-in-law, Irv and Jack Shaffer, into the business.

In March 1959 Born died on board the Cunard liner Britannic while it was at sea, having departed from Lisbon en route to Southampton.

He and his wife, Ann Shaffer, were on the last lap of a 14,000 mile world cruise, according to his obituary which appeared in The Morning Call, on March 24, 1959.