444:, Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation. Accessed December 27, 2017. "Isaac 'Ike' Heller ’43, founder of Remco Toys and Heller Industrial Parks; philanthropist: Mr. Heller founded the iconic 1950s and 1960s toy company Remco, and later started what has grown into one of the nation’s largest privately held industrial park companies. A generous philanthropist, he recently donated $ 1million to Brooklyn Tech."
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