LittleSis: Eric Lidow

Eric Lidow, the co-founder and former chairman of El Segundo-based technology company International Rectifier. Lidow co-founded International Rectifier with his father in 1947. Lidow served as CEO until 1995, when he became chairman. He retired in 2008. Lidow was born in 1912 in the Lithuanian city of Vilnius, which was then part of Russia. In 1937, he graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Berlin. Lidow, who was Jewish, studied in Berlin during the rise of the Third Reich in Germany. After retiring, Lidow continued to visit the El Segundo company several times a week, said Khaykin, who would have lunch with him at least half a dozen times a year. In 1952 Eric married the love of his life, Elizabeth. He is survived by three sons, Alan, Derek, and Alex as well as a daughter, Melodie and nine grandchildren. Eric was a proud supporter of Israel, The Technion, The City of Hope, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and countless philanthropic organizations and individuals through the years.

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Bennett S Lebow	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Daniel Inouye, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, LA PAC, Jeanne Shaheen
Michael A Feiner	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Daniel Inouye, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, Jeanne Shaheen
Debra Ressler Black	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Daniel Inouye, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Jeanne Shaheen
Stuart Eizenstat	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Jane Harman, Thomas Peter Lantos, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, Katrina Swett
Mandell Berman	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, Thomas Peter Lantos, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, Jeanne Shaheen
James C Free	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Sander Martin Levin, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Jeanne Shaheen
Ronald D Abramson	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Daniel Inouye, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee
Irwin Mark Jacobs	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Jeanne Shaheen
Robert H Asher	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Russ Feingold, Daniel Inouye, Thomas Peter Lantos, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Alan Cranston, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Democratic National Committee, Katrina Swett
Anne Bartley	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Sander Martin Levin, George Edward Brown Jr, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, National Committee for an Effective Congress, Jeanne Shaheen
Esther Coopersmith	Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Thomas Peter Lantos, Joe Lieberman, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Katrina Swett, Jeanne Shaheen
Alida Rockefeller Dayton	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, George Edward Brown Jr, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, National Committee for an Effective Congress, Jeanne Shaheen
Peter Simon Lowy	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Jeanne Shaheen
Robert M Kargman	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Jane Harman, Daniel Inouye, Thomas Peter Lantos, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, Katrina Swett, Jeanne Shaheen
Michael M Adler	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Daniel Inouye, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, Jeanne Shaheen
Jake Farber	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Daniel Inouye, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC
Jona Goldrich	Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Daniel Inouye, Thomas Peter Lantos, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Katrina Swett, California P a C
Edgar Bronfman Jr	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Thomas Peter Lantos, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Katrina Swett, Jeanne Shaheen
Herta Amir	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Daniel Inouye, Thomas Peter Lantos, Joe Lieberman, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Katrina Swett
Penny Pritzker	Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Daniel Inouye, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, Jeanne Shaheen

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