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| Maurice Kanbar | |
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| Born | 1918 |
Maurice Kanbar (born 1918) is a controversial New York native entrepreneur and inventor living in San Francisco, California.
Life
He created New York's first multiplex cinema, and owns 36 patents on various consumer and medical products, invented the D-Fuzz-It comb for sweaters, Tangoes Puzzle Game, the Safetyglide hypodermic needle protector, a cryogenic cataract remover, a new LED traffic light, and http://www.zipnotes.com Zip Notes, rolled sticky notes with a centerline adhesive strip.[1]
In the beverage industry, Kanbar had a success with SKYY vodka, less of a success with Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur and most recently he has launched Blue Angel Premium Vodka.[2]
Kanbar is a graduate of Philadelphia University, where he studied Materials Science. In 2005, he donated $6 million dollars for the construction of the school's new campus center, the largest donation in the school's history.[3]
He produced the animated film "Hoodwinked" which was released in January 2006.
Kanbar owns many commercial buildings in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[4] His purchase of these buildings resulted in a legal dispute with his former business partner Henry Kaufman, who is now suing him for defamation of character.[5]
Kanbar also owns a large tower in Pacific Heights, San Francisco. He lives in this building and managed to gain control of it following a legal dispute with the original occupants.
Tisch School of the Arts, part of New York University, named its film school after him: The Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television.[6]
Kanbar is a member of Mensa.[7]
Kanbar is a funder of the activities of talk show host Michael Savage.[citation needed]
Kanbar is listed amongst the many Jewish individuals who lost money to Bernard Madoff.[citation needed]
Bibliography
- Secrets from an Inventor's Notebook, by Maurice Kanbar, Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-200056-6
References
- ^ https://www.opi.net/innovations_products/office_supplies/2007/zip_notes_sticky_notes_on_a_roll?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=print
- ^ http://www.northsidesf.com/mar09/features_coverstory.html
- ^ www.philau.edu/News/pdf/06/092706kanbar.pdf
- ^ http://www.kanbarproperties.com/about-us
- ^ http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=32&articleid=20090516_32_E6_Mauric143521
- ^ http://filmtv.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html
- ^ American Mensa (PDF). Famous and Notable Mensans (whitepaper). http://www.us.mensa.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=6509&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
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