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Adrian Dalsey (October 14, 1914October 10, 1994) was a co-founder of DHL, a shipping company. He was born in Illinois on Oct 14th, 1914, to a Jewish Polish father and an American mother. He attended Wheaton College (Illinois), but later dropped out. He married Marjorie Schutt Dalsey and they had two children together, a boy named Jonathan and daughter Jennifer. In 1969, he co-founded DHL alongside business partners Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn. He traveled to southeast Asia, Micronesia, Hawaii, Guam and other various parts of Asia, until he sold his share of DHL in 1980. He also fathered another son, Harry Dalsey after divorcing his wife Marjorie. He married Harry's mother Annie, and they were together until he passed away in 1994, in Walnut Creek, CA. . is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... A DHL Boeing 757 at Cologne/Bonn Airport. ... Wheaton College is a private Evangelical Protestant, coeducational, liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb 25 miles west of Chicago in the United States. ... Larry Lee Hillblom (1943 - 1995) was a co-founder of DHL Worldwide Express, a shipping company. ...


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Adrian Dalsey, 80; Started DHL Express - New York Times (249 words)
Adrian Dalsey, the 'D' of DHL Worldwide Express and a pioneer in the air express industry, died on Monday at a hospital near his home here after a brief illness, the company said today.
Dalsey and two associates, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn, were working for a small delivery company here in the San Francisco Bay Area when they decided in 1969 to found DHL, which started by flying cargo documents to Honolulu to allow ships to unload faster.
Dalsey helped build the company until the mid-1980's, when he retired from day-to-day operations.
Son of DHL Founder's Widow Held in Walnut Creek Slaying (255 words)
During the confrontation, Dalsey allegedly fired a handgun, striking Broomfield twice in the chest, according to the Contra Costa coroner's office.
The suspect's mother, Annie Dalsey, is the widow of DHL Worldwide Express co-founder Adrian Dalsey.
Adrian Dalsey died in October 1994 at age 80.
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