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Joan Beverly Kroc (née Mansfield, previously Smith; August 27, 1928 – October 12, 2003), also known as Joni, [1] was an American philanthropist and third wife of McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc. Early life
Upon her death in 2003, Kroc bequeathed $1.5 billion (equivalent to $3 billion in 2023) to The Salvation Army solely for the purpose of establishing centers of opportunity, education, recreation and inspiration throughout the United States to be known as "Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers". [3] [4] [5]
The Kroc Center in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho is a nearly $70 million investment in the community set among 12 acres (49,000 m 2). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Kroc Center houses four major components: a center of worship and performance venue, an aquatics center, a fitness and recreation center, and special event facilities as well as arts, education, and ...
Kroc's first two marriages to Ethel Fleming (1922–1961) and Jane Dobbins Green (1963–1968) ended in divorce. [35] Kroc and Fleming met in 1919, married in 1922, and then moved to Chicago, Illinois. Their daughter Marilyn was born in 1924. [38] He married his third wife, Joan Smith (née Mansfield) in 1969.
The Founder is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by John Lee Hancock and written by Robert Siegel.Starring Michael Keaton as businessman Ray Kroc, the film depicts the story of his creation of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain, which eventually involved forcing out the company's original founders to take control with conniving ruthlessness.
Ray Kroc: 1974–1984 Joan Kroc: 1984–1990 Tom Werner: 1990–1994 John Moores: 1994–2012 Ron Fowler: 2012–2020 Peter Seidler: 2020–2023 General Managers. Name
The new Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center cost $108 million which included a $72 million grant from the Kroc Foundation, started by the family of Roy Kroc, particularly Kroc's third wife philanthropist Joan Kroc. $36.3 million was raised regionally from government and private funds. [19]
Significant periods of expansion of the university, since the 1972 merger, occurred in the mid-1980s, as well as in 1998, when Joan B. Kroc, philanthropist and wife of McDonald's financier Ray Kroc, endowed USD with a gift of $25 million for the construction of the Institute for Peace & Justice.