Vans Founder Paul Van Doren Dies at 90
May 8, 2021, 3:56 pm
A Memoir by the Founder of Vans ,” Paul Van Doren has died at age 90. Born in Depression-era Randolph, Mass., he moved to sunny Southern California in the 1960s, where he built a checkerboard shoe empire that harnessed the power of skate and surf culture to become a global streetwear player — with a little help from the cult Hollywood film “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” and actor Sean Penn,
