Is this Stewart Resnick's dad? Look at this ridiculous baby launching device he "invented". Look at his connection to Lee DeForest. David changed his name from Resnikoff

https://www.newspapers.com/image/382020671/?terms=David%20Resnick&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/489421465/?terms=David%20Resnikoff&match=1

Whether you’re familiar with their massive agricultural holdings in the Central Valley, you may have heard the names of Stewart and Lynda Resnick. Known for their many charitable efforts, they’re the Resnicks who gave their name to LACMA’s Resnick Pavillion and UCLA’s Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital. They also use more water than absolutely anyone else in California—and that includes businesses, farms, and even the city of Los Angeles.

How is this possible? An excellent profile in Mother Jones has the full story, but here’s the gist of it. Back in 1978, the Resnicks entered the agricultural business with the purchase of some orange groves in Kern County (their initial fortune came not from agriculture but from the Teleflora flower delivery service). They later expanded their assets, buying farms on the cheap during the drought years of the late 1980s. Their company—then known as Paramount Farms, but now called the Wonderful Company—soon became the largest producer of pistachios and almonds in the world. Their many brands include Wonderful Pistachios, Halo clementines, Fiji Water, and Pom Wonderful.

https://la.curbed.com/2016/8/10/12422000/resnick-wonderful-water-california-kern-drought