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Philip Rauch becomes chief automotive designer for the Benz Company.
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Barely two years after immigrating to U.S., Philip Rauch patents a device that reduces muffler noise.
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Philip Rauch obtains a patent on a new clamp for radiator hoses.
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Philip Rauch founds Ideal Clamp Manufacturing Company.
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Ideal supplies the hose clamps for Charles Lindbergh's historic flight.
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Philip Rauch dies suddenly. The company is taken over by Louis and Philip Rauch, Jr.
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Every car in the Indianapolis 500 race is equipped with Ideal hose clamps.
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Rauch Foundation is established to give back to the community where the family lived and had roots.
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Led by Philip Rauch, the Foundation and family commit significant resources to Lehigh University and its Rauch Business Center.
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Rauch Foundation begins exploring early childhood grants.
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Rauch Foundation develops a strategic program focus for greater impact. First priority area identified as children and families.
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Louis and Ruth Rauch spearhead Foundation support for YMCA leadership development and the Huntington YMCA Family Center.
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Nancy Rauch Douzinas, daughter of founder Louis Rauch, becomes President of Rauch Foundation.
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Rauch Foundation starts formal operations — hires staff and builds its Board of Directors.
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Rauch Foundation formally establishes its environmental program.
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Rauch Foundation awards grant to bring Parent-Child Home Program to four communities.
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Foundation supports replication of Family Place Library model, bringing innovative family-centered services to public libraries.
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Rauch Foundation begins development of the Long Island Index.
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First annual Long Island Index report is published on Long Island's quality of life.
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Rauch Foundation begins significant environmental funding in Maryland, focused on water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Energeia Partnership is created to build regional leadership.
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First What Every Long Islander Should Know article is published.
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Sustainability Institute at Molloy College is established with Rauch Foundation support.
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Rauch Foundation launches the Build a Better Burb project.
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Five Baltimore area watershed groups merge to create Blue Water Baltimore.
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Long Island Press ranks Nancy Rauch Douzinas as top woman on its annual Power List.
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Long Island Index presents communications strategies at Council on Foundations in Los Angeles.
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ParkingPLUS - four innovative designs for parking structures to enhance downtown communities are unveiled.
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The Long Island Clean Water Partnership is founded with Rauch Foundation support.
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Research by the Long Island Index demonstrates the need for a Third Track on the LIRR, and the Index begins to champion publicly the Third Track.
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Build a Better Burb is transferred to the Congress for the New Urbanism.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo endorses and announces full funding of the LIRR’s Third Track.
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Three Maryland Eastern Shore watershed groups and four waterkeepers merge to form ShoreRivers.
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The Long Island Index publishes its final report and nextLI, an initiative of Newsday, begins with funding from the Rauch Foundation.
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Construction of the LIRR’s Third Track on the Main Line begins.
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Kentfields Foundation created from division of foundation assets.
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Rauch Foundation releases post-pandemic report on Long Island downtowns.
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LI Railroad’s Third Track – a project initiated by the Foundation - is completed on time and under budget.
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Rauch Foundation undertakes affordable housing research in partnership with dozens of LI stakeholders.
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Nancy Douzinas announces her retirement as Rauch Foundation president.
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Eva Douzinas voted in as Rauch Foundation President.
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Ruth Douzinas voted in as Rauch Foundation Vice President.
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Foundation moves its headquarters to Vermont and announces its program priorities in food systems and financial literacy.