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
Larry J Hochberg	Danny K Davis, John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Carol Moseley Braun, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Laurance Rockefeller	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Nicholas A Spano
Julian Robertson Jr	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte
James J Burke Jr	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Frank E Richardson	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
Donald M Kendall	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Christopher Nixon Cox, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Thomas L Kempner Jr	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
Walter H Brown	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
John Kapoor	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Lawrence Kadish	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Ira Rennert	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Tom Hicks	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
Lindsay Rosenwald	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Robert B Catell	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State
Bernie Marcus	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Eric M Javits	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
Joseph G Fogg III	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Bruce Herschensohn
Julie Finley	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
Herbert J Siegel	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner
Lawrence Auriana	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki

Donor

Common Recipients

Larry J Hochberg

Danny K Davis, John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Carol Moseley Braun, National Republican Congressional Cmte

Laurance Rockefeller

John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Nicholas A Spano

Julian Robertson Jr

John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte

James J Burke Jr

John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte

Frank E Richardson

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