One hundred and three years ago, Herbert and Lottie Lamond welcomed their son, Gaylord Marvin Lamond, into their Chicago home. The day was cold and snowy, a fitting backdrop for the arrival of someone destined to make an impact.
Early Life and Values
Gaylord enjoyed a wonderful upbringing, where he was taught the importance of hard work, dignity, and morality. These values shaped his character and guided him throughout his life.
Family
On September 20, 1947, Gaylord married Jean Elizabeth Carl. Together, they raised two children, Michele Jeanne and Gary Gaylord.
Career Highlights
Gaylord’s career was remarkable. It reads like an encyclopedia entry of Fortune 500 companies. He worked with Campbell Soup Company from 1947 to 1966, served as president of Chock Full o’Nuts in New York City from 1966 to 1968, and then president of New Dimensions Food Service Division at Federated Department Stores Inc. in Cincinnati from 1968 to 1972. He became president and chief executive officer of Isaly Company in Pittsburgh from 1972 to 1982, and later served as a consultant and director for Isaly Company in Pittsburgh after 1982. He was also president of C-W Holdings Company and chairman of Clabin Food Service Division Office in Pittsburgh.
He served on the board of directors for Clabin Corporation in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, Richardson Corporation in Rochester, New York, and Impact Group Inc. in Newport Beach, California.
Personal Legacy
Two of these accomplishments matter the most to all of us, and especially to me.
First, the birth of his son Gary Gaylord Lamond, DDS. My brother from another mother… We met when we were in dental school and, in the forty-eight years since, we have forged a lifelong brotherhood.
I also had the pleasure of meeting Mr. and Mrs. Lamond at Gary’s wedding, and both of them are every bit the role models we all hunger for.
Transforming Isaly and the Klondike Bar
For everyone else, Mr. Lamond was hired by Henry Clark to take Isaly Food Company, a small family-owned company in Pittsburgh, and turn it into an international powerhouse. During Mr. Clark’s ownership and Mr. Lamond’s leadership, sales of the Klondike Bar increased from $800,000 annually at the time of the acquisition by Clabir to more than $60 million.
AND NOW YOU KNOW THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE KLONDIKE BAR!!!
A Message to Dreamers
For all you dreamers, heretics, gadflies, and Klondike poets out there… this is OHB, keeping it real…I am the real Brother Louie!