Mr. Speaker. I rise today to honor a special personAlex Manoogian.--.who passed away last week. America has not only lost a kind benefactor and gentle heart. it has lost a talented inventor and a perfect model of the American dream. A penniless Armenian immigrant who came to America in 1924. Manoogian was a business leader from the start. He founded the Masco Corp. in 1926 producing parts for the auto industry. In the 1950s. Manoogian revolutionized the plumbing fixture industry with his Innovationsparticularly the renowned Delta faucet. While his wealth exploded with each success. Manoogian never forgot the less fortunate and his Armenian people.
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