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Harold Schafer (February 1, 1912–December 2, 2001) was a North Dakota businessman who founded the Gold Seal Company, the original maker of Mr. Bubble bubble bath soap. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. North Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. Mr Bubble is a brand of bath foam often intended to help encourage children to take baths. The term bubble bath can be used to describe aerated or carbonated baths or to describe bathing with a layer of Surfactant foam on the surface of the water and consequently SOAP (see below for name and origins is a protocol for exchanging XML -based messages over Computer networks normally using He was also an entrepreneur who invested money in the tourist town of Medora, North Dakota and the Medora Musical. Medora is a city in Billings County, North Dakota in the United States. The Medora Musical is a regularly performed musical production near the town of Medora North Dakota.

After selling his Gold Seal interests, Schafer reivensted much of his assets in the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation to promote and preserve Medora's Western culture. The Western United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American West or simply the West &mdashtraditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost Schafer was honored for this benefaction with the Roughrider Award, North Dakota's highest civilian honor. The Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award is an award presented by the governor of the state of North Dakota.

Schafer was married to Sheila Schafer. He is the father of United States Secretary of Agriculture and former North Dakota governor Ed Schafer. The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. Edward Thomas "Ed" Schafer (born August 8 1946) is the 29th United States Secretary of Agriculture.

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