Robert Civin, Former ID Magazine Editor, Dies

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 28, 2009

Civin, who retired from ID in 1994, was a true champion of the industry and instituted groundbreaking features including the annual Great Distributor Organization study, the ID Top 50, Innovator of the Year, the ID Hall of Fame and DSR of the Year. He was 83 years old.

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