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31-480: After graduation, he joined the John Zink Company, which his father had founded in 1929. By then, the company had specialized in manufacturing burners, flares, and incinerators for the petroleum and related industries. Jack received 35 patents for his inventions of combustion equipment. He continued to run the company from 1962 until 1979 when it was bought by Sunbeam Corporation . After his father's company

62-586: A Husqvarna 400 with fellow Oklahoman Vern Street. Racing in category 8, motorcycles over 125cc's, they finished the grueling 1000 mile event in 6th place in their class and 24th overall out of 259 entries. Their total time was 25 hours/11 minutes. It was Jack's first off road motorcycle race, while his partner Vern, was a highly accomplished national caliber competitor. The bike now resides at the Zink Ranch Museum in Oklahoma. In 1994 Jack agreed to host

93-487: A bloodhound on the prowl, sniffing out physical and attitudinal barriers that make life difficult for Tulsa's handicapped community," began a 1982 newspaper story. "The wheelchair is her lifeline and she operates it with the same zest of a golfer driving an electric cart." Tarbel was chair of Oklahoma's programs for International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981. In 1992, Tarbel received the Newsmaker Award from

124-453: A dramatic turnaround the next year. Along with Dunlap and several other officers, the SEC sued Phillip Harlow at Sunbeam's accounting firm, Arthur Andersen . Dunlap was ultimately banned from serving again as an officer or director of a public company. In 2002, Sunbeam emerged from bankruptcy as American Household, Inc. (AHI), a privately held company. Its former household products division became

155-400: A free-running turntable and being driven by the 'edge' beater via a plastic cupped washer on the tip of the beater using friction drive against the sharply sloping side of the bowls near the bottoms. The mixer simply unclips from the base stand so it could be used as a hand mixer too. The Mixmaster became the company's flagship product for the next forty years, but the brand also became known for

186-638: A private game preserve and recreation area. It also contains campgrounds for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. The Boy Scouts of America awarded him the Silver Beaver Award and Silver Buffalo Award . He was a frequent volunteer for the Tulsa Area United Way and became an honorary life member of United Way. In 1988, he served as chairman of the Tulsa organization and was credited with raising $ 12.5 million in contributions. He also received

217-427: A share. However, industry insiders were suspicious. The sudden surge in demand for barbecues did not hold up under scrutiny. An internal investigation revealed that Sunbeam was in severe crisis, and that Dunlap had encouraged violations of accepted accounting rules. Dunlap was fired, and under CEO Jerry W. Levin , the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2001. Soon after Sunbeam filed for bankruptcy,

248-615: Is an American company founded in 1897 that has produced electric home appliances under the Sunbeam name since 1910. Its products have included the Mixmaster mixer , the Sunbeam CG waffle iron , Coffeemaster (1938–1964) and the fully automatic T20 toaster . The company has endured a long history of struggles, including in 2001, when it filed for bankruptcy and was also found to have committed massive accounting fraud, for which it

279-571: The Fortune 500 list. In 1996, Albert J. Dunlap was recruited to be CEO and chairman of Sunbeam-Oster. Dunlap quickly announced that he would lay off half of Sunbeam-Oster’s work force among other measures. In 1997, Sunbeam reported massive increases in sales for its various backyard and kitchen items. Dunlap purchased controlling interest in Coleman and Signature Brands (acquiring Mr. Coffee and First Alert ) during this time. Stock soared to $ 52

310-603: The Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2001. Jill Zink was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma , the daughter of John Steele Zink and Swannie Estelle Smith Zink. Her father was a businessman and rancher. She survived polio at age 13, with paralysis from the waist down; She spent some months recovering at Warm Springs , Georgia, in 1938. She used leg braces, a cane or crutches as a young woman, and a wheelchair later in life. She graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1942, and from

341-408: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Dunlap and four other Sunbeam executives, alleging that they had engineered a massive accounting fraud. The SEC said $ 60 million of Sunbeam's supposed record $ 189 million earnings for 1997 were the result of fraudulent accounting. It also said that Dunlap had falsely created the impression of massive losses in 1996 to make it look as if Sunbeam made

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372-764: The University of Tulsa in 1946. Her brother Jack Zink became an automotive engineer, inventor, and motorsports owner. Tarbel was appointed to the Mayor's Commission on Concerns of the Disabled in Tulsa. In 1983, she was appointed a trustee of the University of Tulsa. She also served on the Oklahoma advisory board of the United States Civil Rights Commission . Other organizations she supported with her time and leadership included

403-750: The "Olympics of Motorcycling" as it tests not only rider skill/stamina but also machine reliability. Founded in 1913, this was only the second time in history the event was held in the USA. Jack Zink became chairman of the John Zink Foundation, which his father, John Steele Zink, had founded. The foundation owned the John Zink ranch in Osage County, Oklahoma . Jack's father had started the working ranch many years before, but Jack had expanded it to 31,000 acres (13,000 ha). He also converted it to

434-484: The International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) https://www.sixdays.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ISDE-1994-TULSA-OK.pdf at the rugged Zink Ranch. The Tulsa Trail Riders motorcycle club, founded in 1956, ran overall logistics and computerized rider scoring. Over 600 participants from all over the world competed for medals and trophies in this most prestigious off road event. The ISDE is widely known as

465-904: The Tulsa Junior College Foundation, River Parks Authority, Tulsa Senior Services, Hillcrest Medical Center Foundation, Philbrook Museum of Art , the Tulsa Opera , The Tulsa Philharmonic, the Magic Empire Council of Girl Scouts , the Simon Estes Education Foundation, Daughters of the American Colonists in Oklahoma, and Planned Parenthood . She and her second husband, who was also a wheelchair user, worked especially for accessible public transportation and parks in Tulsa. "Jill Hott Tarbel moves through Tulsa like

496-643: The Tulsa chapter of Women in Communications Inc. Tarbel was honored on behalf of the Zink family by the Magic Empire Council of Girl Scouts, for their decades of support for scouting. The Jill and Brook Tarbel Lifetime Achievement Award was named for the Tarbels in 1996. In 2001, she was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame. A section of a Tulsa street was named for her in 2009; there

527-479: The United States by Greenbrier International and into Canada by DTSC Imports for Dollar Tree stores. Jarden Corporation was purchased by Newell Rubbermaid to form Newell Brands in 2016. Jill Zink Tarbel Swannie Smith " Jill " Zink Hott Tarbel (August 25, 1924 – January 22, 2009) was an American disability rights advocate and trustee of the University of Tulsa . She was inducted into

558-682: The Volunteers of America's Premier Award and the National Jewish Humanitarian Award. Zink was also interested in politics. His obituary in the Tulsa World called him, "a well-known Republican (party) operative." He ran for election as a Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate in 1980, but lost the nomination to Don Nickles , who went on to win the general election. Zink was

589-495: The company manufactures in the United States and other global locations. Jack passed control of Zeeco over to his son Darton in 2000. The University of Tulsa recognized him in 2001 as that year's Outstanding Business Leader. Jack served on the board of directors for several companies including Telex and Sunbeam. Jack Zink was a sports enthusiast, and became especially identified with auto racing. He became involved not only in driving his own race car, but in design and construction of

620-546: The company produced its first Sunbeam branded household appliance, the Princess Electric Iron (with an option to buy a fireproof metal storage box). The name "Sunbeam" came from a company wide contest to rebrand its growing home appliance business. Edwin J. Gallagher (1897–1983), a buyer and traffic manager for the company, won the contest and received a check for $ 1,000. The company did not officially change its corporate name to Sunbeam until 1946. In 1928,

651-641: The company's head designer, Swedish immigrant Ivar Jepson, alongside Bernard Alton Graham, invented the Mixmaster mixer. Introduced in 1930, it was the first mechanical mixer with two detachable beaters whose blades interlocked. Several attachments were available for the Mixmaster, including a juice extractor, drink mixer, meat grinder–food chopper, and slicer–shredder. Other accessories include: dough hooks, blender, meat mincer, fine and coarse graters and came with 2 bowl sizes. The bowls rotated, sitting atop

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682-491: The designs, mainly by Robert Davol Budlong , of electric toasters, coffee makers, and electric shavers, among other appliances. The Mixmaster universe , a cosmological model of the early universe, was named after the Mixmaster product. Sunbeam acquired Rain King Sprinkler Company producing a popular lawn sprinkler line of the 1950s and 1960s. Meanwhile, Sunbeam continued to expand outside of Chicago . By

713-560: The end of the 1970s, as the leading American manufacturer of small appliances, Sunbeam enjoyed about $ 1.3 billion in annual sales and employed nearly 30,000 people worldwide. The John Oster Manufacturing Company was acquired in 1960 by Sunbeam Corporation. In 1981, after Sunbeam was bought by Allegheny International Inc. of Pittsburgh , most of the Chicago-area factories were closed and the headquarters moved to downtown Pittsburgh . Under Allegheny International's ownership Sunbeam became

744-509: The late-1980s. Because Sunbeam-Oster was one of the most important divisions, responsible for nearly half of all sales, stockholders became very concerned about the leadership of the company. In 1986, stockholders accused the Chairman and CEO, Robert Buckley, of misappropriating funds. Buckley's successor, Oliver Travers, downsized the company considerably and, by 1988, it was essentially just Sunbeam and Oster. The decline continued, worsened by

775-675: The son of John Steele Zink and Swannie Estelle Smith Zink. He was born and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was educated at Oklahoma State University , where he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1951. He died in Tulsa on February 5, 2005. Jack was survived by his wife, Jan, three sons, three stepchildren and a sister, Jill Zink Tarbel . A fourth son, Colin, died in 1993. Zink died in Tulsa on February 5, 2005. ( key ) ( Bold  – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics  – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ) Sunbeam Corporation Sunbeam Products

806-670: The stock market crash of October 1987, and Allegheny filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy . In the fall of 1989, an investment group called Japonica Partners purchased the remains of Allegheny for $ 250 million ($ 614.5 million today) in a hostile takeover. The company was renamed Sunbeam-Oster Company, Inc. The business was then divided into four divisions: Outdoor Products, Household Products, Specialty Products, and International Sales. The company headquarters were moved again, from Pittsburgh to Providence, Rhode Island , and then, finally, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. By late 1991, Sunbeam-Oster's sales had increased by seven percent, enabling it to make

837-639: The subsidiary Sunbeam Products, Inc. AHI was purchased in September 2004 by the Jarden Corporation , of which it was a subsidiary. Jarden continued to grow its brands, purchasing the Holmes Group in 2005, K2 in 2007, and Mapa Spontex in 2009. More recently, Jarden purchased Aero International and Quickie Manufacturing. As of 2015, Sunbeam batteries were made in China and imported into

868-489: The vehicles. He first sponsored a race car in the 1952 Indianapolis 500 race, and continued to enter a car in each race until 1967. His entries won the races in 1955 and 1956. In 1957, he set a stock-auto speed record at Daytona Beach . He drove his own cars in desert off-road races from 1972 through 1980. He was inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2004. Jack also competed in the 1972 Baja 1000 riding

899-518: The world's largest maker of small appliances through much of the 1980s. Allegheny International moved its headquarters into a 32-floor signature skyscraper in Pittsburgh. During this time the companies Allegheny controlled included John Zink Company (manufactured air pollution control devices) and Hanson Scale (manufactured bathroom scales and other balance machines). Allegheny's four principal divisions, including Sunbeam, went into decline during

930-432: Was sold, Jack purchased a small company called "Product Manufacturing" and changed the name to Zinkco. "When the new owners of the John Zink Company complained that the "Zink" name was an international trademark for combustion equipment in the same way that "Kleenex" was a trademark for tissue and "Xerox" was a trademark for photocopiers, Jack changed the name of his company to Zeeco." While their headquarters are in Tulsa, OK,

961-442: Was subject to SEC investigation. In 2002, Sunbeam emerged from bankruptcy as American Household, Inc. (AHI). Sunbeam was owned by Jarden Consumer Solutions after Jarden 's acquisition in 2004, which was itself later purchased by Newell Rubbermaid (now Newell Brands ). In 1897 John K. Stewart and Thomas J. Clark incorporated their Chicago Flexible Shaft Company , which made horse trimming and sheep shearing machinery. In 1910

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