HERSHEY, MILTON SNAVELY ), Ameri can confectioner and philanthropist, was born in Derry Township, Dauphin county, Pa., on Sept. 13, 1857. He attended the local schools and then served for a time as a printer's devil on the Lancaster Farmer. After a brief period in that capacity, he turned to the manufacture of candy and at 21 years of age had his own shop in Philadelphia. He later removed to New York city. There success crowned his efforts, and within 25 years he sold his busi nes: for $I,000,000. Returning to his native home in Pennsyl vania, he again began the manufacture of chocolate bars, con verting the scene of his early struggles into the model industrial town of Hershey, Pa., and developing his business along lines most beneficial to his employees. About 1903 he and his wife, Mrs. Catherine S. Hershey (d. 1915), determined to found an industrial school and home for orphan boys, the school receiving its first pupils in 191 o. It is open to male orphans: (I) born in Dauphin, Lebanon and Lancaster counties; (2) born elsewhere in Pennsyl vania (3) born elsewhere in the United States. Boys are accepted at four or five years of age and may remain until they reach the age of 18 years. Freedom in the selection of trades is permitted, but it is required that each boy learn to be self-supporting. In 1918 Hershey transferred his entire wealth, estimated at $6o,000,000, to the Hershey Trust company for maintenance of the Hershey Industrial school, making it probably the second richest school of its kind in the United States. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Hershey Chocolate company, Her shey, Pa., with 15 subsidiary companies in the United States and Cuba; president of the Hershey Trust company; and chairman of the board of directors of the Hershey Industrial school.