But as part of his course work he toured a Magnolia Ice Cream plant with one of his chemical engineering classmates, his soon-to-be wife, and learned of a franchise opportunity.
Dr Solomon discovered that chemical reactions destroy ozone on surfaces such as the ice crystals within high-altitude 'polar stratospheric clouds' as well as on other atmospheric particles high in the atmosphere.
After Adelson came out of the Army, he and his brother Lenny packaged toiletries to be distributed by hotels and started a business called De-Ice-It, which sold a chemical spray to help clear frozen windshields.