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
Bernadette Castro	John McCain, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Christopher Nixon Cox, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Daniel N Mezzalingua	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Leslie Rose	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Bruce Herschensohn, Christopher Nixon Cox
Stanley Druckenmiller	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki
Don Capoccia	Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, 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
Charles F Dolan	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki
Woody Johnson	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, New York Salute 1992
Patrick O'Leary	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Martin D Gruss	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki
Frank Castagna	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki
Clive Runnells	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Robert McNair	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Charles J. Urstadt	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
Pat Foye	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Sue Wittig
Elbridge T Gerry Jr	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Nelson Peltz	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Paul Isaac	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Christopher Nixon Cox, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Maurice R Greenberg	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
William S Beinecke	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Henry Kravis	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte

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Common Recipients

Bernadette Castro

John McCain, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Christopher Nixon Cox, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting

Daniel N Mezzalingua

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

Leslie Rose

John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Bruce Herschensohn, Christopher Nixon Cox

Stanley Druckenmiller

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

Don Capoccia

Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, 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