Robert Abplanalp

Precision Valve Corporation; friend of President Richard Nixon

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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Donald Trump	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Bruce Herschensohn, Christopher Nixon Cox, Nicholas A Spano, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Leonard Litwin	John McCain, 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, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, D'Amato Victory Cmte, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Amory Houghton Jr	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Sue Wittig, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte
John Catsimatidis	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Christopher Nixon Cox, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Thomas E McInerney	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, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Peter C Hein	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, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Paul Singer	John McCain, 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, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Anthony S Salerno	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, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Steven B Klinsky	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, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, National Republican Congressional Cmte
E Virgil Conway	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, George Pataki, Nicholas A Spano, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Andrew Saul	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Christopher Nixon Cox, Nicholas A Spano, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee - New York State, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
John K Castle	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Christopher Nixon Cox, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, New York Salute 1992
Al D’Amato	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, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Joel B Mounty	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, 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 B Wang	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, D'Amato Victory Cmte
Peter S Kalikow	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, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Anthony Gioia	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, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting
Jay Bernstein	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, D'Amato Victory Cmte, New York Salute 1992
Ronald S Lauder	Al D’Amato, Joseph J Dioguardi, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George Pataki, Sue Wittig, New York Republican State Committee - Reporting, D'Amato Victory Cmte, New York Salute 1992
Howard H Leach	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner, George Pataki, Bruce Herschensohn, National Republican Congressional Cmte

Robert Abplanalp

Precision Valve Corporation; friend of President Richard Nixon

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