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Noun: Hershey  hur-shee
  1. An industrial town to the east of Harrisburg
     
  2. United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)
    - Milton S. Hershey, Milton Snavely Hershey

Type of: altruist, candymaker, confectioner, philanthropist, town

Encyclopedia: Hershey, Nebraska