Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984)

Kroc is responsible for turning McDonald’s into the world’s dominant fast-
food chain after joining the company in 1954. Between the end of the First
World war and the early 1950s he tried his hand at a number of trades
including paper cup salesman, pianist, jazz musician, band member and
radio DJ at Oak Park radio station WGES.

In 1955, Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s in Des Plaines, IL.
and bought out the McDonald’s brothers in 1961.

Original air dates on CBS/NBC-TV: October 3, 1954 – May 23, 1960

The series began August 25, 1949, on NBC Radio. Only Robert Young remained
of the radio cast when the series moved to CBS Television.

Bud Abbott  (born William Alexander Abbott in California)
(October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974)

Actor and comedian Bud Abbott played the straight man in the
burlesque comedy show, Abbot and Costello. He and his comedy
partner Lou Costello are best known for their immortal "Who’s On
First?" routine, which they first performed in the 1940 movie One
Night In The Tropics. Abbott left school at an early age to work in
Coney Island and the Casino Theater. He later began performing
vaudeville with his new wife Betty in the early 1920’s.

Capitol jazz artist Nat King Cole (left) visits with Detroit radio personality Ed McKenzie on WXYZ radio.

Robert Weston Smith, known as Wolfman Jack
(January 21, 1938 – July 1, 1995)