Frawley, Patrick Joseph, Jr.

Frawley, Patrick Joseph, Jr.
▪ 1999

      Nicaraguan-born American corporate executive who, though he was a high-school dropout, made a fortune through his creation of the Paper Mate leakproof pen and the Schick stainless steel razor blade; he went on to become an avid supporter of anticommunist causes and the fight against alcohol and drug addiction (b. May 26, 1923, León, Nic.—d. Nov. 3, 1998, Santa Monica, Calif.).

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▪ American entrepreneur
born May 26, 1923, León, Nicaragua
died November 3, 1998, Santa Monica, California

      Nicaraguan-born American corporate executive responsible for the success of the Paper Mate leakproof pen and the Schick stainless-steel razor blade.

      As a teenager, Frawley represented his father's import-export firm, and by his early 20s he was managing his own import-export company in San Francisco. He expanded his business in 1949 by purchasing a bankrupt fabricator of ballpoint pen components for $18,000. Ballpoint pens, which had been invented in the mid-1930s, were unpopular at the time: they leaked, the ink smeared, and most of them were expensive. By sponsoring the development of a quick-drying ink and a leakproof pen design, the Frawley Pen Company revolutionized the public's perception of the product, which in the course of Frawley's career culminated in the development of the Paper Mate pen. He sold his company to Gillette for $15.5 million in 1955.

      In 1958 Frawley became a naturalized U.S. citizen and was named chairman of the Schick Safety Razor Company. The nationalization of a Schick plant in Cuba one year later transformed Frawley into an outspoken promoter of anticommunist and conservative causes. He gave voice to political issues through his Twin Circle Publishing Co., which purchased the National Catholic Register in 1970. Frawley supported treatment programs for alcohol and drug addiction as well, having experienced successful treatment for alcoholism in 1964. In the second half of the 20th century, Frawley became involved in the motion-picture industry, serving as chairman of Technicolor, Inc. (1961–70), and Sunn Classic Pictures (1972–81).

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