Alex Manoogian
American businessman (1901-1996) · United States · On the map · Founders · Died at 95
Alexander Manoogian was an Armenian-American industrial engineer, businessman, and philanthropist who spent most of his career in Detroit, Michigan. He was the founder of the Masco Corporation, which in 1969 was listed on the NYSE (XNYS:MAS).
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The Manoogian Mansion, Detroit, Michigan.![St. John Armenian Church in the Metro Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, substantially funded by Manoogian in the 1960s.[10]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/StJohnArmenianChurchRear.jpg/1280px-StJohnArmenianChurchRear.jpg)
St. John Armenian Church in the Metro Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, substantially funded by Manoogian in the 1960s.[10]
Interior view of Alex and Marie Manoogian Treasury Museum![Alex and Marie Manoogian Treasury Museum (1982), designed by the architect Baghdasar Arzoumanian in the grounds of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.[11]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Alex_and_Marie_Manoogian_Museum.jpg/330px-Alex_and_Marie_Manoogian_Museum.jpg)
Alex and Marie Manoogian Treasury Museum (1982), designed by the architect Baghdasar Arzoumanian in the grounds of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.[11]
Statue of Manoogian, destroyed by Azerbaijan after it conquered StepanakertAwards
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In 1954, he patented and brought to market the first successful washerless ball valve faucet, the Delta faucet, named for the faucet cam shaped like the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.
