page_title: Tom Carvel
hierarchical_section_title: Tom Carvel
caption_attribution_description: English: Mr. &amp; Mrs. Tom Carvel at the Everglades Club for the St. Mary's Hospital ball in Palm Beach.
context_page_description: Tom Carvel was a Greek-born American businessman and entrepreneur known for the invention and promotion of soft ice cream in the northeastern United States. He was the founder of the Carvel brand and franchise.
context_section_description: Tom Carvel (born Athanasios Karvelas (Greek: Ἀθανάσιος Καρβέλας); July 14, 1906 – October 21, 1990) was a Greek-born American businessman and entrepreneur known for the invention and promotion of soft ice cream in the northeastern United States. He was the founder of the Carvel brand and franchise.
caption: Carvel and his wife Agnes in 1969
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