About Benjamin Eisenstadt
Lived 1906 – 1996 (aged 89). Benjamin Eisenstadt was an American inventor.
Benjamin Eisenstadt (December 7, 1906 – April 8, 1996) was the designer of the modern sugar packet and developer of Sweet'N Low. He was the founder of the Cumberland Packing Corporation
Business and philanthropy After college, Eisenstadt operated a cafeteria across from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He switched to making tea bags after his cafeteria business declined.
Legacy Maimonides Medical Center has the Eisenstadt Administration Building and the Gellman Pavilion. The Gellman Pavilion was named in memory of Dr. Abraham Gellman, the brother of Eisenstadt's wife Betty.
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American inventor
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Benjamin Eisenstadt was born on 7 December 1906 in New York City.
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Benjamin Eisenstadt died on 8 April 1996 in New York City.
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Benjamin Eisenstadt was an inventor.
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Benjamin Eisenstadt was American.
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