Schwimmer, Al, 1917-2011
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- Schwimmer, Adolph William, 1917-2011
- שווימר, אל
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Birth Date
- 1917-06-10
Death Date
- 2011-06-10
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Taʻasiya ha-avirit le-Yisraʼel
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Aerospace industries--Israel
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Al, the Israeli prometheus, c2017:E-cip ch. 28 (Al died June 10, 2011)
- found: eng. Wikipedia, December 14, 2017:(Adolph William "Al" Schwimmer (Hebrew: אל שווימר; 10 June 1917-10 June 2011) was an American and later Israeli engineer and businessman. He was the founder and first CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries ... born in New York City in 1917 ... During Israel's War of Independence, Schwimmer used his World War II experience and his contacts to smuggle surplus war planes to Israel ... In 1949, Schwimmer returned to the United States and, in 1950, he was convicted in the United States of violating the US Neutrality Acts for smuggling the planes into Israel ... In 2001 President Bill Clinton gave Schwimmer a presidential pardon.[3] Schwimmer died on his 94th birthday in Ramat Gan)
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- 2017-12-14: new
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