The Briefcase Man

Daniel F. Ilich

Description

Daniel Ilich, inventor and business extraordinaire, recounts his life, travel and success over the decades.
THIS STORY CONSISTS OF CHAPTERS IN DECADES. THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED SIMPLY BY POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND A SIMPLE LIFESTYLE. DURING THE WORST TIMES AND THE WORST CIRCUMSTANCES, I ALWAYS MANAGED TO FIND SOMETHING POSITIVE. I WAS BLESSED TO BE A MUSE AND A POSITIVE THINKER.

Sujets

• Bronx
• Biography
• Autobiography
• The Bronx

Informations

• Publié par: Xlibris US
• Date de parution: 13 juillet 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669877035
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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The Briefcase Man
Volume 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
DANIEL F. ILICH
 
Copyright © 2023 by Daniel F. Ilich. 852876
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
 
Second edition, volume 2
 
 
Xlibris
844-714-8691
www.Xlibris.com
 
 
ISBN: 978-1-6698-7704-2 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6698-7705-9 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-6698-7703-5 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2023909679
 
 
 
Rev. date: 09/13/2023
Contents
PROLOGUE
CHRONOLOGY OF WHO I AM
EDITORIAL NOTE
AUTHOR’S NOTE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
GENEALOGY: ILICH COAT OF ARMS
FIRST-GENERATION PARENTS
WHO IS ON FIRST? WHAT IS ON SECOND?
SECOND-GENERATION PARENTS (JOHN ELICH)
THIRD-GENERATION PARENTS (STEVEN ELICH)
THIRD-GENERATION PARENTS (BRENDA ELICH)
WHAT’S ON SECOND?: RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY
“ISLAND IN THE SUN”
THE WAY WE WERE
SECOND-GENERATION PARENTS (DANIEL ILICH)
THIRD-GENERATION PARENTS (VERA ILICH)
THIRD-GENERATRION PARENTS (RICHARD ILICH)
MILLIE AND DANNY, DECEMBER 2007
SAGITTARIUS AND CANCER LOVE MATCH
THE WAY IT WAS
THE WAY IT IS
THE WAY IT WILL BE
A NEW LIFE ON HORIZON
MY WORLD, MY WAY
CHAPTER 1
THIRTY-THIRD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
HARRY S. TRUMAN’S TERM OF OFFICE
THIRTY-FOURTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM
LIVING IN NYC
OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE
TIME HAS A WAY
OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE VALUES
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
ABOUT UNITRON PRODUCTS INC.
BIRTH OF UNITRON PRODUCTS INC.–1957
WORKING NIGHTS AT LIFE MAGAZINE
HARD TIMES, 1960
DIE MAKER BILL DEFRANCISCO, 1964
THE BRONX—HOME ONCE AND FOREVER, 1960
NEW BUSINESS LOCATION
BENDING THE RULES
TRAVEL TO GRENADA, 1957
TRAVEL TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1957
CHAPTER 2
THIRTY-FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
HISTORY MYSTERY
THIRTY-SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
THIRTY-SEVENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WATERGATES
SPUTNIK SECRETS
JOHN GLENN
LUNAR LANDING—TRUE STORY
AMERICA’S SHAMEFUL DAYS
THE NEGRO MOTHER
MY FIRST HOME IN THE USA, 1961
MEETING JOE AND BIANCA, 1960
A NEW LIFE IN CREATION
TIME HAS THE WAY
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SINGERS—ELVIS PRESLEY
MY FAVORITE TV SHOWS
DEDICATED TO MR. RADE PETKOVIC
TO JOE NINA’S RESTAURANT, 1960
FBI AT MY DOORSTEP, 1968
MY FIRST DOG, SILVER, 1963–1975
EGG ROLLS AND FAVORITE FOODS
HAPPY DAYS, WHEN EVERYTHING WENT RIGHT
CHANGING THE BUSINESS DIRECTION
GOLDEN TRIANGLE
AMERICAN ORDNANCE ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY
AMERICAN U-2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN BY MISSILES IN 1960
INSTRUMENTAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
FIRST LAWSUIT
FINKEL OUTDOOR PRODUCTS CO.
KIWANIS AND ME, 1964–2014
LAND PURCHASED IN OCHO RIOS, JAMAICA, WI, 1966
LOVELY PEOPLE
OCHO RIOS, JAMAICA, WI, 1960
JAMAICA, HOME AWAY FROM HOME
BLUE MOUNTAIN JOURNEY, 1965
TOM PALUMBO AND DANNY
DOMINIC PROCOPIO AND DANNY
CHAPTER 3
THIRTY-EIGHTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
THIRTY-NINTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
POPE JOHN PAUL II—DEFEATING COMMUNISM
LIFE
VIEW ON BUSINESS, WORK, MONEY, AMBITION, AND SUCCESS (NOVEMBER 30, 1974)
DR. FRED C. HESS, 1920–2007
HAPPY DAYS WHEN EVERYTHING WENT RIGHT—BUSINESS EVENTS
FRIENDSHIP AND JOSEPH DEROSA, 1980
TO STOP OR TO GO? (JULY 1974)
FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO, TO NEW YORK
CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT FUNDS, 1974
TIME TO MOVE—BRUSH AVENUE, BRONX
SUCCESS
GOVERNMENT CLEARANCE, 1974
BANKRUPTCY-ON-HORIZON YEAR, 1974
RATIONAL IRRATIONALITY
TAXATION WITHOUT LIMITATION
FINANCIAL FORMULA OF TAXATION
Worth remembering 545 vs. 300 million people
MY FIRST NATIONAL RECOGNITION, 1976
PANELS FOR HUGE STORAGE TANKS—PRELOAD
HANGING FILE FOLDERS—PATENT NO. 4262810
SOLAR COOKER AND SEAWATER DISTILLER—PATENT NO. 4262660
SUPREMACY IN INNOVATION, MAY 5, 1976
UNITRON VERSUS UNION
FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES, JUNE 28, 1976
CHAPTER 4
FORTIETH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
CHAMPION AMONG CHAMPIONS
FORTY-FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TITO DIES, 1980—THE BALKANS CHRONOLOGY
LETTER FROM DONALD TRUMP
TOUGHEST DECISION EVER
SPINAL SURGERY
THE RAIN
WINE
WALL STREET BUSINESS
NORMAN ROCKWELL IN NEW ROCHELLE—1989
TIME TO MOVE TO NEW ROCHELLE—1989
MOVING TO NEW ROCHELLE
NEW ROCHELLE WATERFRONT
Glen Island
HOME IN NEW ROCHELLE
QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUND
MY HOME
MY WORK OF ART
LETTER FROM TERESA PALMIERO
FAST FORM—1980
FAST FORM—PATENT NO. 4125973
CATERING TO CONSTRUCTION
RECOGNITION FROM YMCA
HONORING WILLIE LARRY RANDOLPH AT YANKEE STADIUM, JUNE 7, 1987
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE—1989
GRAFFITI KID—JULY 1982
BUSINESS TRAVELS TO USSR
TRAVEL TO RUSSIA—TRIP NO. 1
TRAVEL TO RUSSIA—TRIP NO. 3
RUSSIAN DELEGATION TO USA—TRIP NO. 1
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO —1965
LATVIAN DELEGATION TO NEW YORK—TRIP NO. 2 September 1989
CHAPTER 5
FORTY-SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
LETTER TO THE FIRST LADY—JANUARY 29, 1998
LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT—JANUARY 29, 1998
LETTER FROM FIRST LADY—APRIL 3, 1998
LETTER TO THE FIRST LADY—DECEMBER 8, 1998
THE RESOLUTION OF IMPEACHMENT
LETTER TO HENRY HYDE—DECEMBER 8, 1998
LETTER FROM MR. PRESIDENT—APRIL 9, 1999
LETTER FROM THE FIRST LADY—JULY 15, 1999
KOSOVO, 1998
MOTHER TERESA, 1988
WINE MAKING—ONE OF MY HOBBIES
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE
MY FAVORITE DOG, 1990–2004
DEDICATED TO MY MOM
GOING NUTS, JUNE 16, 1995
FRIENDS FOREVER—ADOLF KAMINSKI
DANIEL F. ILICH AND VICTOR TARRUELLA
DAYS TO REMEMBER
CEO AND PRESIDENT ILICH
UNITRON OFFICE PERSONNEL—2008
UNITRON INSIDE AND OUTSIDE—2008
BOARD CHAIRMAN OF YMCA—1993
RECOGNITIONS
RUSSIAN DELEGATION TO USA—TRIP NO. 3
SEATING ARRANGEMENT BY BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING
TRAVEL TO RUSSIA—TRIP NO. 4
TRAVEL TO RUSSIA—TRIP NO. 5
TRAVEL TO RUSSIA—TRIP NO. 6
CHAPTER 6
FORTY-THIRD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
FORTY-FOURTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
A NEW CHAPTER IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
FORMER PRESIDENT FORD DIES AT NINETY-THREE—2006
BORIS YELTSIN DIES AT SEVENTY-SIX—2007
WORLD TRADE CENTER—SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
THE MEN WHO DID IT
HONORING OUR HEROES
AN AMERICAN
PRELUDE TO “EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED” BY MATTIE JT STEPANEK
THE SECRET BEHIND THE NUMBER 11
I AM
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION—SEPTEMBER 11
USS NEW YORK
“BRACE FOR IMPACT; WE’RE GOING DOWN,” JANUARY 15, 2009
DEDICATED TO JOSEPH KELLY
FIREFIGHTERS GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN
WHO FIGURED THIS $20 BILL?
WHAT THE NORTH DIDN’T DO, THE GUESTS FROM AMERICA DID CENTURIES AGO
FOR THE BIRDS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2005
HAPPY DAYS WITH CHILDHOOD FRIENDS
SUNNY II
VESO AND BLAGA—MILLIE’S PARENTS
ILICH MATO I—DECEASED JULY 25, 2005
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE
MY FAVORITE MOVIES AND TV SHOWS
VACATION WITHOUT—AUGUST 1, 2008
DEDICATED TO MY FRIEND VICTOR TARRUELLA DELACOUR
DEDICATED TO PETER AND MINERVA MUNCH
DEDICATED TO MY BROTHER JOHN
AFTER “WORDS”
I’M GLAD YOU’RE IN MY DASH—FROM MY SON, RICHARD, AUGUST 9, 2004
EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION—RICHARD’S DESTINY
TODAY I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
UNITRON’S EXHIBIT IN LAS VEGAS—NOVEMBER 15, 2006
BELIEVE IT OR NOT—AMY’S GREENHOUSE AND GAZEBO
DEDICATION DAY—MAY 9, 2008
THE KIWANIS CLUB OF PARKCHESTER BRONX FOUNDATION INC.—NOVEMBER 14, 2008
WEDDING IN MONTE CARLO–ANTIBES—NATASHA SAKOTA TO CARLO SCARBI, AUGUST 2003
VACATION—JULY 11, 2005, TO AUGUST 28, 2005
FORWARD INTO THE PAST—EXPEDITION, JULY 26, 2005
LAS VEGAS—March 11, 2007
VACATION—JULY 30, 2007–AUGUST 29, 2007
ARGENTINA, HERE WE COME—JULY 20, 2009
TO MR. NICK AULETTA ON HIS SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY—JANUARY 12, 2008
BIRTHDAY THOUGHTS THIS AUGUST OF 2002—FROM NEIL GRINSTEIN
CHAPTER 7
FORTY-FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
LETTER FROM DONALD TRUMP—JUNE 12, 2017
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL COMMITTEE COMMEMORATIVE INVITATION
LETTER FROM MAYOR NOAM BRAMSON—OCTOBER 11, 2013
BEST CITIES TO LIVE IN EVERY STATE
ELECTION TIME, ELECTION YEAR
MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN 2020
LETTER FROM THE WHITE HOUSE—APRIL 28, 2020
MY POSITION ON DONALD TRUMP
MY VOTE
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
MISSION IN LIFE AND OBSERVATIONS
I AM HAPPY TO BE ME
TIME AND MONEY
LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT
HOW TO STAY YOUNG BY GEORGE CARLIN
LIFE CHANGES
TO MY DAUGHTER, VERA, ON HER THIRTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY
ON MY EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY
DEDICATED TO MY FRIEND TOM PALUMBO—MARCH 13, 2015
DEDICATED TO SUNNY II, 2006–2017
MY NEW GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPY: CHER
A PLEASANT DAY WITH MY DOG—JUNE 23, 2018
SUPER BOWL 2017, PATRIOTS VERSUS FALCONS
MY FAVORITE RESTAURANT—RAO’S
POEM DEDICATED TO MY SON, RICHARD—JANUARY 1, 2017
JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF WRONG
CORONAVIRUS IN NY: INSIDE NEW ROCHELLE’S “CONTAINMENT AREA”
THE LAST OVERVIEW CHAPTER
DEDICATED TO MY FRIEND DOMINIC PROCOPIO
INVENTOR AT CAREER DAY AT ISAAC E. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD—HONORARY COCHAIRMAN
PARKCHESTER KIWANIS CLU