Herbert Irving (1917-2016) - Find a Grave Memorial

Herbert Irving

Birth

5 Nov 1917

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Death

2 Oct 2016 (aged 98)

Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA

Burial

Mount Ararat Cemetery

East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA Add to Map

Plot

Section 12 Range M Lot 28 Grave 2

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Co-founder of the food services corporation SYSCO along with John F. Baugh and Harry Rosenthal in 1969. Sysco evolved from Irving's former business, Global Frozen Foods. After building his fortune, Irving became a philanthropist who donated over $300 Million to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Irving and his wife Florence donated his collection of Asian Art to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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