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3. The University of Minnesota has the famous name "John Pillsbury" to thank for keeping operations running. The school closed in the midst of a financial crisis during the Civil War, but it reopened in 1867 thanks to generous monetary assistance from the Pillsbury Co. co-founder. The university alumnus would later serve as the eighth governor of Minnesota. No, the Pillsbury statue on campus is not that cartoon doughboy with a chef’s hat. It’s the man himself, known as “the Father of the University.”
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/183315/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-minnesota/
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3. The University of Minnesota has the famous name "John Pillsbury" to thank for keeping operations running. The school closed in the midst of a financial crisis during the Civil War, but it reopened in 1867 thanks to generous monetary assistance from the Pillsbury Co. co-founder. The university alumnus would later serve as the eighth governor of Minnesota. No, the Pillsbury statue on campus is not that cartoon doughboy with a chef’s hat. It’s the man himself, known as “the Father of the University.”
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/183315/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-minnesota/
Go Gophers!!