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
Charles P Joyce	John McCain, 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
Richard W Weekley	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
James Leininger	John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Bruce Herschensohn, Sue Wittig
Jonathan Farkas	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Christopher Nixon Cox, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Duane R Roberts	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Bruce Herschensohn, National Republican Congressional Cmte
William H Heyman	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
H Wayne Huizenga	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
J C Huizenga	Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Christopher Nixon Cox, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Audrey Butvay Gruss	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
Steven Roth	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Carol Moseley Braun, George Pataki
Albert Galatyn Hill 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 J Zable	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Bruce Herschensohn, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Louis Bacon	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki
Lewis M Eisenberg	John McCain, Al D’Amato, 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
Thomas H O’Neill Jr	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki
Stephen Schwarzman	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Christopher Nixon Cox, National Republican Congressional Cmte, New York Salute 1992
Philip H Geier Jr	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
Mark E Hamister	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
Nedenia H Hartley	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
Jeno F Paulucci	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki

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Common Recipients

Charles P Joyce

John McCain, 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

Richard W Weekley

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

James Leininger

John McCain, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Bruce Herschensohn, Sue Wittig

Jonathan Farkas

John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Christopher Nixon Cox, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting

Duane R Roberts

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