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Rex David Thomas was born July 2, 1932, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [2] [5] His biological father's name was Sam and his biological mother's name was Molly. [6]Thomas was adopted between six weeks and six months later by Rex and Auleva Thomas, [6] [7] and as an adult became a well-known advocate for adoption, founding the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a nonprofit public charity dedicated to finding permanent homes for children waiting in foster care in the United States and Canada. [2] Created in 1992 by Wendy's founder Dave Thomas , who was adopted, the Foundation implements evidence-based, results-driven national service programs, foster care ...
Thomas was born in Columbus, Ohio, grew up in Upper Arlington, [2] and is the fourth child of Dave and Lorraine Thomas.. As a child, she was unable to pronounce her L's and R's, struggling with her own name Melinda, and so became known by her nickname Wendy (with the pen-pin merger).
While Dave Thomas died from liver cancer in 2002, his legacy lives on through his daughter, who feels more encouraged and motivated by the Wendy’s brand today than ever before: “I love this brand.
In 2020, original birth certificates were unsealed for adopted New Yorkers following the passage of a 2019 law. Handshaw received his original birth certificate in August of this year, he told CNN.
Dave Thomas, American Wendy's entrepreneur adoption advocate, adopted as an infant Madam C. J. Walker , American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist Jerry Yang , Taiwanese American Internet entrepreneur and programmer
David Keeler/Getty Images Tony Curtis With His Son, Benjamin Outside Spago on July 29,1998. Tony and Leslie welcomed their second son, Benjamin Curtis, on May 2, 1973.
By 1956, Sanders had six or eight franchisees, including Dave Thomas, who eventually founded the Wendy's restaurant chain. [1] [25] Thomas developed the rotating red bucket sign, was an early advocate of the take-out concept that Harman had pioneered, and introduced a bookkeeping form that Sanders rolled out across the entire KFC chain.