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Ceradyne founder Joel Moskowitz dies at age 75
2015-03-21 01:52:33| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Joel Moskowitz, the founder of Ceradyne Inc., the Costa Mesa maker of lightweight body armor, died Sunday from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was 75. At the age of 28, Moskowitz used his savings, $5,000, to launch the company in 1967, concentrating on ceramics for industrial and military use, such as to harden the nose cones on missiles.
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