HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-066 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2007/06/04RESOLUTION NO. 07-066
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ST. LOUIS PARK,
MINNESOTA, RECOGNIZING THE ACQUISTION OF THE
NORDIC WARE BUNDT PAN BY THE
AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHEREAS, Nordic Ware is one of St. Louis Park's oldest and most successful
businesses founded in 1946, and
WHEREAS, in 1950 Founder H. David Dahlquist created the `Sundt Pan" at the request
of two Jewish women from the Minneapolis Chapter of Hadassah who wished to have made for
them an old-world (German) bund ("a gathenng of people") cake pan, and
WHEREAS, in 1966 the Bundt Pan was used in a winning entry (the "Tunnel of Fudge"
cake) in the Pillsbury Bake -Off and its popularity soared, and
WHEREAS, Nordic Ware has sold approximately 60 million Bundt Pans, the Bundt Pan
has become an American icon and Nordic Ware currently manufactures 30 different styles, and
WHEREAS, on February 23, 2007, the company's earliest original Bundt Pans and other
well preserved artifacts related to the companies history, were acquired by the American History
Museum of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of St.
Lo . ' ark, Minnesota, by this resolution and public record, wish to join in congratulating
N • rdic are for its honor and recognition by the American History Museum of the Smithsonian
I titute d offer our best wishes for their continued success in the future.
Revie 'ed or Administration:
City
Attest:
City Clerk
Adopted by the City Council June 4, 2007
Mayor
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