Summary of Fred Lager's Ben & Jerry's: The Inside Scoop

Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Ben and Jerry were two of the chubbiest kids in their seventh-grade gym class. They were lagging far behind the other runners, and Ben didn’t have much self-confidence. But he was extremely bright. #2 Ben was a typical suburban kid who enjoyed hanging out with his friends and going on cruises in his father’s car. He was not very interested in academics, but he applied to only one college, Colgate University, in Hamilton, New York. #3 When Ben and Jerry returned to Merrick for their sophomore years, Ben considered dropping out of college to pursue a career in ice cream. He met with his fellow deferment carriers and drank a watermelon primed with a bottle of vodka. Everyone agreed not to look up their numbers until they were all together. Ben drew high numbers, under 50. #4 Ben returned to upstate New York in 1971, this time to Saratoga Springs, where he enrolled at Skidmore College as an exchange student from Colgate. He thrived on his education for the first time since Buck’s Rock. Unfortunately, since he had dropped out of Colgate, he couldn’t really be an exchange student at Skidmore.