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Alvin Duskin (1931 – July 25, 2021)^[1] was a San Francisco Bay Area educator, entrepreneur, and activist known for leading a series of campaigns in the 1970s. These initiatives included anti-highrise ads,^[2] a battle to stop the sale of Alcatraz Island to a Texas oilman,^[3] and an initiative that prevented the development of nuclear power plants in California.^[4] Duskin collaborated with journalists, activists, and ad-men in these efforts.

Duskin was also recognized^{[according to whom?]} as the founder of the Alvin Duskin Company, a women's fashion label established in the 1960s. The brand achieved national distribution and funded many of Duskin's anti-war and environmental campaigns. In the later stages of his career, he founded or co-founded start-ups, serving as CEO in wind, hydro, conservation, and food companies. Father of David Duskin, Ceres Rutan, Zoe Duskin, and grandfather of Lakan Duskin, Adlaw Duskin, Mojave Rutan, Lucia Rutan, Max Abrams, Henry Abrams, and Bruce Abrams.