Gilbert Swanson Jr

After graduation from a private high school in Minnesota, Gibby, the eldest grandson of Swanson Foods founder Carl A Swanson, enlisted in the United States Navy and rose to the rank of Quartermaster Third Class before being honorably discharged in 1959. Back in Omaha, Gibby married and began working at Samardick Enterprises, an armored car and security firm in which his father held a large interest. Gibby manned an armored car, rode patrol and eventually became a trained polygraph operator - before his promotion to president shortly before his father's death. In later years, Gibby would look back upon his time on patrol with Samardick as some of the happiest days of his life.