Entrepreneur Jack You Hong Leong, owner of Dave's Ice Cream Inc., died from a heart attack on Saturday. He was 71.
Leong started the ice cream chain in 1982 because of his craving for something sweet. It was named for his son.
Known for its unusual island flavors, such as green tea, lychee, mango, poha and kulolo, the store is at 14 locations on Oahu, in Arizona and Saipan.
Leong, who was the company's chairman, always said that customer's preferred flavor over fat.
He was also owner of JEL Inc., a distributor of hardware items; JRD Enterprises Inc., a distributor of telephones, answering machines and other electronics; and Process Equipment Pacific Inc., a distributor of equipment for sewage and waste-water treatment facilities.
In early 1997, he started Wings Over Hawaii, a company formed to breed and sell butterflies to an international market.
Butterflies, according to a close friend, was one of his passions.
Leong was also chairman and director of the ill-fated Mid Pacific Airlines, which closed in 1988. The active businessman graduated from McKinley High School in 1943. He started his career with Pan American World Airways, where he worked in the air-freight department.
After leaving Pan American in 1949, he started Hawaiian Freight Forwarders, which he operated until 1952.
In 1952, he joined Airborne Freight Corp., where he was in charge of international sales.
He left the company in 1969 to start Mutual Distributors, a wholesale hardware company.
He also spent his career as president of Capital Air Freight, and in 1968, Leong was named Honolulu senior vice president of the internationally based Airborne Freight Corp.
Leong started his last freight company, Eden Air Freight, Inc., in 1988 with long-time colleague Lawrence I. Rodberg from California.
Leong was active as a parent and benefactor at St. Louis High School which his three sons attended.
He established two scholarships at St. Louis, the Edith Leong scholarship for Hawaiian studies and the Jack and Edith Leong Educational Grant, a $1,000 scholarship for two incoming students given each year.
He is survived by wife Edith Lau Leong; daughter Diane Bishop; sons James, Robert and David; sisters Helen Leong Lam and Violet Leong Kau; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Source; Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Tuesday, August 19, 1997
Jack Y.H. Leong, 71, of Honolulu who died Sunday will be remembered in services 1:15 p.m Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 12:15 p.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. Additional information for an obituary yesterday provided by the mortuary.
Source; Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Wednesday, August 20, 1997
Leong started the ice cream chain in 1982 because of his craving for something sweet. It was named for his son.
Known for its unusual island flavors, such as green tea, lychee, mango, poha and kulolo, the store is at 14 locations on Oahu, in Arizona and Saipan.
Leong, who was the company's chairman, always said that customer's preferred flavor over fat.
He was also owner of JEL Inc., a distributor of hardware items; JRD Enterprises Inc., a distributor of telephones, answering machines and other electronics; and Process Equipment Pacific Inc., a distributor of equipment for sewage and waste-water treatment facilities.
In early 1997, he started Wings Over Hawaii, a company formed to breed and sell butterflies to an international market.
Butterflies, according to a close friend, was one of his passions.
Leong was also chairman and director of the ill-fated Mid Pacific Airlines, which closed in 1988. The active businessman graduated from McKinley High School in 1943. He started his career with Pan American World Airways, where he worked in the air-freight department.
After leaving Pan American in 1949, he started Hawaiian Freight Forwarders, which he operated until 1952.
In 1952, he joined Airborne Freight Corp., where he was in charge of international sales.
He left the company in 1969 to start Mutual Distributors, a wholesale hardware company.
He also spent his career as president of Capital Air Freight, and in 1968, Leong was named Honolulu senior vice president of the internationally based Airborne Freight Corp.
Leong started his last freight company, Eden Air Freight, Inc., in 1988 with long-time colleague Lawrence I. Rodberg from California.
Leong was active as a parent and benefactor at St. Louis High School which his three sons attended.
He established two scholarships at St. Louis, the Edith Leong scholarship for Hawaiian studies and the Jack and Edith Leong Educational Grant, a $1,000 scholarship for two incoming students given each year.
He is survived by wife Edith Lau Leong; daughter Diane Bishop; sons James, Robert and David; sisters Helen Leong Lam and Violet Leong Kau; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Source; Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Tuesday, August 19, 1997
Jack Y.H. Leong, 71, of Honolulu who died Sunday will be remembered in services 1:15 p.m Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 12:15 p.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. Additional information for an obituary yesterday provided by the mortuary.
Source; Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Wednesday, August 20, 1997
Entrepreneur Jack You Hong Leong, owner of Dave's Ice Cream Inc., died from a heart attack on Saturday. He was 71.
Leong started the ice cream chain in 1982 because of his craving for something sweet. It was named for his son.
Known for its unusual island flavors, such as green tea, lychee, mango, poha and kulolo, the store is at 14 locations on Oahu, in Arizona and Saipan.
Leong, who was the company's chairman, always said that customer's preferred flavor over fat.
He was also owner of JEL Inc., a distributor of hardware items; JRD Enterprises Inc., a distributor of telephones, answering machines and other electronics; and Process Equipment Pacific Inc., a distributor of equipment for sewage and waste-water treatment facilities.
In early 1997, he started Wings Over Hawaii, a company formed to breed and sell butterflies to an international market.
Butterflies, according to a close friend, was one of his passions.
Leong was also chairman and director of the ill-fated Mid Pacific Airlines, which closed in 1988. The active businessman graduated from McKinley High School in 1943. He started his career with Pan American World Airways, where he worked in the air-freight department.
After leaving Pan American in 1949, he started Hawaiian Freight Forwarders, which he operated until 1952.
In 1952, he joined Airborne Freight Corp., where he was in charge of international sales.
He left the company in 1969 to start Mutual Distributors, a wholesale hardware company.
He also spent his career as president of Capital Air Freight, and in 1968, Leong was named Honolulu senior vice president of the internationally based Airborne Freight Corp.
Leong started his last freight company, Eden Air Freight, Inc., in 1988 with long-time colleague Lawrence I. Rodberg from California.
Leong was active as a parent and benefactor at St. Louis High School which his three sons attended.
He established two scholarships at St. Louis, the Edith Leong scholarship for Hawaiian studies and the Jack and Edith Leong Educational Grant, a $1,000 scholarship for two incoming students given each year.
He is survived by wife Edith Lau Leong; daughter Diane Bishop; sons James, Robert and David; sisters Helen Leong Lam and Violet Leong Kau; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Source; Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Tuesday, August 19, 1997
Jack Y.H. Leong, 71, of Honolulu who died Sunday will be remembered in services 1:15 p.m Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 12:15 p.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. Additional information for an obituary yesterday provided by the mortuary.
Source; Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Wednesday, August 20, 1997
Leong started the ice cream chain in 1982 because of his craving for something sweet. It was named for his son.
Known for its unusual island flavors, such as green tea, lychee, mango, poha and kulolo, the store is at 14 locations on Oahu, in Arizona and Saipan.
Leong, who was the company's chairman, always said that customer's preferred flavor over fat.
He was also owner of JEL Inc., a distributor of hardware items; JRD Enterprises Inc., a distributor of telephones, answering machines and other electronics; and Process Equipment Pacific Inc., a distributor of equipment for sewage and waste-water treatment facilities.
In early 1997, he started Wings Over Hawaii, a company formed to breed and sell butterflies to an international market.
Butterflies, according to a close friend, was one of his passions.
Leong was also chairman and director of the ill-fated Mid Pacific Airlines, which closed in 1988. The active businessman graduated from McKinley High School in 1943. He started his career with Pan American World Airways, where he worked in the air-freight department.
After leaving Pan American in 1949, he started Hawaiian Freight Forwarders, which he operated until 1952.
In 1952, he joined Airborne Freight Corp., where he was in charge of international sales.
He left the company in 1969 to start Mutual Distributors, a wholesale hardware company.
He also spent his career as president of Capital Air Freight, and in 1968, Leong was named Honolulu senior vice president of the internationally based Airborne Freight Corp.
Leong started his last freight company, Eden Air Freight, Inc., in 1988 with long-time colleague Lawrence I. Rodberg from California.
Leong was active as a parent and benefactor at St. Louis High School which his three sons attended.
He established two scholarships at St. Louis, the Edith Leong scholarship for Hawaiian studies and the Jack and Edith Leong Educational Grant, a $1,000 scholarship for two incoming students given each year.
He is survived by wife Edith Lau Leong; daughter Diane Bishop; sons James, Robert and David; sisters Helen Leong Lam and Violet Leong Kau; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Source; Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Tuesday, August 19, 1997
Jack Y.H. Leong, 71, of Honolulu who died Sunday will be remembered in services 1:15 p.m Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 12:15 p.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. Additional information for an obituary yesterday provided by the mortuary.
Source; Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Wednesday, August 20, 1997
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