LittleSis: Robert Abplanalp

Robert H. Abplanalp, a friend and confidant of President Richard M. Nixon and an inventor who turned a better aerosol valve into an international business and a personal fortune, died in September 2003 at his house in Bronxville, N.Y. He was 81. Mr. Abplanalp provided emotional and financial support to Nixon during his tumultuous years in and out of power. In 1969, Mr. Abplanalp lent Nixon the money to buy the 29-acre property at San Clemente, Calif., that became the western White House. Mr. Abplanalp had started the Precision Valve Corporation, with two partners in 1949 to manufacture a new type of aerosol valve that he invented in a machine shop in the Bronx and for which he had a patent. Precision Valve revolutionized the industry and vastly reduced production costs of aerosol products. He bought out his partners, John Baessler and Fred Lodes and was chairman and CEO at his death. He married Josephine Sloboda in 1956 .Also surviving are his son, John, a daughter, Marie Holcombe of Bronxville; a sister, Clara Radcliffe; and four grandchildren.

Donor	Common Recipients
Stephen M Ross	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, D'Amato Victory Cmte
Joel B Mounty	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Nicholas A Spano, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
David Koch	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Bruce Herschensohn, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
James Ortenzio	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte, New York Salute 1992
Earle I Mack	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, D'Amato Victory Cmte, National Republican Congressional Cmte, New York Salute 1992
Douglas D Durst	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Nicholas A Spano, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
David M Flaum	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Richard Gilder	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Bruce Herschensohn, Sue Wittig, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State
James S Tisch	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
George S Kaufman	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
David S Mack	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Christopher Nixon Cox, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Ronald S Lauder	Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Sue Wittig, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, D'Amato Victory Cmte, New York Salute 1992
Al D’Amato	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Nicholas A Spano, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Andrew Lappin	Danny K Davis, John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Carol Moseley Braun, Bruce Herschensohn
Larry A Mizel	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Edward J Minskoff	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Carl Icahn	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, D'Amato Victory Cmte, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Margaretta Johnson Taylor	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Ken Langone	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Charles H Brunie	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Bruce Herschensohn

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Common Recipients

Stephen M Ross

John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, D'Amato Victory Cmte

Joel B Mounty

John McCain, Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Nicholas A Spano, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting

David Koch

John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Bruce Herschensohn, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting

James Ortenzio

John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte, New York Salute 1992

Earle I Mack

John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, D'Amato Victory Cmte, National Republican Congressional Cmte, New York Salute 1992