Man's American dream started in Cuba
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- United States
- Business and Economy
- 06 / 22 / 2010
Warm congratulations to Isaac ``Ike'' Behar who will be honored on June 17, with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, bestowed on him by the Latin Auxiliary of Douglas Gardens.
The award will be presented to Behar at the Summer Luncheon and Boutique, to begin at 10:30 a.m. at Miami Jewish Health Systems, 5200 NE Second Ave.
Behar is being honored because of his longtime humanitarian and philanthropic work, and because he and his wife Regina are ardent supporters of the Latin Auxiliary.
If Behar's name rings a bell, it is because he is also a world renowned shirt tailor, whose American dream started in pre-revolutionary Cuba.
His father Samuel was one of Havana's finest custom tailors, and it was from his father that Behar learned the fine art of custom shirt tailoring.
He left Havana at age 20, with only $50 and limited English skills.
He landed in New York and got a job in a factory working for a small custom shirt maker earning $32 week.
He left that job to serve two years in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.
After his discharge, Behar went back to the same factory. This time he bought the business and started what was to become one of the great names in American apparel manufacturing and design, with 400 employees and more than 350 points of sale
throughout the Americas.
The award will be presented to Behar at the Summer Luncheon and Boutique, to begin at 10:30 a.m. at Miami Jewish Health Systems, 5200 NE Second Ave.
Behar is being honored because of his longtime humanitarian and philanthropic work, and because he and his wife Regina are ardent supporters of the Latin Auxiliary.
If Behar's name rings a bell, it is because he is also a world renowned shirt tailor, whose American dream started in pre-revolutionary Cuba.
His father Samuel was one of Havana's finest custom tailors, and it was from his father that Behar learned the fine art of custom shirt tailoring.
He left Havana at age 20, with only $50 and limited English skills.
He landed in New York and got a job in a factory working for a small custom shirt maker earning $32 week.
He left that job to serve two years in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.
After his discharge, Behar went back to the same factory. This time he bought the business and started what was to become one of the great names in American apparel manufacturing and design, with 400 employees and more than 350 points of sale
throughout the Americas.
BY BEA HINES
Source: www.miamiherald.com/
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