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.

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William C Rudin	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 Arrigoni	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 Salute 1992
Lodwrick M Cook	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Carol Moseley Braun, George Pataki, Bruce Herschensohn, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Carl Paladino	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
Richard E Garman	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
Wayne L Berman	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
Arthur Lehman Loeb	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
Stanley S. Hubbard	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Carol Moseley Braun, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Mary Kalikow	John McCain, 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
Kenneth J Bialkin	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
Lewis Lehrman	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Bruce Herschensohn, Sue Wittig
Preston R Tisch	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Carol Moseley Braun, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Armand D'Amato	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Hushang Ansary	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
Peter M Flanigan	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Bruce Herschensohn, Christopher Nixon Cox, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Frank L Ciminelli	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
Lewis Rudin	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, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Jerry Speyer	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, New York Salute 1992
Elinor F Urstadt	John McCain, 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, National Republican Congressional Cmte
John W Childs	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte

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William C Rudin

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 Arrigoni