Alfred P. Slaner (April 10, 1918 – March 14, 1996)[1] was an American businessman and one-time president of the Kayser-Roth Corporation.
[2] His father was an immigrant from Lithuania who moved to Oklahoma during the Land Rush of 1889 and opened the largest store in Hobart.
[2] Slaner graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and then went to work for his uncle, at the Chester H. Roth Hosiery Company eventually becoming president and negotiating its 1958 merger with Julius Kayser & Co to become Kayser-Roth.
[2] His paternal cousin was Felix Zandman who founded Vishay Intertechnology Company with capital from Slaner.
[2] Slaner later made money in electronics and became a major benefactor of the United Jewish Appeal.