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Edward John Noble (
1882 –
1958) was an
American broadcasting and
candy industrialist originally from
Gouverneur,
New York. He co-founded the
Life Savers Corporation in 1913. He founded the
American Broadcasting Company when he purchased the
NBC Blue Network in 1943 following the
Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decree that
RCA divest itself of one of its two radio networks.
Noble was born in Gouverneur, New York and educated in the public schools. He attended
Syracuse University and graduated from
Yale in 1905. He founded the Life Savers Candy Company in 1913.
He was the first chairman of the
Civil Aeronautics Authority. He also served as Under
secretary of Commerce under President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939-1940. in 1943, following the
Federal Communications Commission's order that RCA divest itself of one of its two radio networks, he founded the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) when he purchased the NBC Blue Network.
In 1912, chocolate manufacturer Clarence Crane of
Cleveland, Ohio invented Life Savers as a "summer candy" that could withstand heat better than chocolate. Since the mints looked like miniature life preservers, he called them Life Savers. After registering the trademark, Crane sold the rights to the peppermint candy to Edward Noble for $2,900. Instead of using cardboard rolls, which were not very successful, Noble created tin-foil wrappers to keep the mints fresh. Pep-O-Mint was the first Life Savers flavor.
Noble was part of the
St. Lawrence Seaway Project and was appointed to the advisory board by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954. He owned Boldt Castle, the Thousand Island Club, and a summer residence on Wellesley Island. The ornamental street lights in the village park are all that remain of the gift of new street lights that were given to the village by Edward and his brother, Robert. The lights were in memory of their father.
Edward Noble died peacefully in his sleep on
December 28 1958.
Three hospitals and a foundation are named after him.
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