{"id":11783,"date":"2026-03-04T11:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=11783"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:23:36","slug":"goodbye-harvey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/goodbye-harvey\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Harvey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Once again, I must share the loss of a great friend, mentor, and longtime industry leader. Harvey Kaufman left us on February 23, and I’d like to share what was on the Robert Kaufman social media pages about the man I called “Uncle Harvey”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvey was the youngest of the Robert Kaufman children and joined his brothers, Saul and Alvin, in building what would become Robert Kaufman Co., Inc. For more than six decades, he poured himself into the company – not simply into growing a business, but into building relationships. He was a natural salesman in the fullest sense of the word: he celebrated the highs, steadied himself and others through the lows, and never lost his belief in people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He built our sales force across the United States and around the world. He was the driving force behind the creation and expansion of Kona Cotton. But if you asked Harvey what mattered most, it would not have been a product line or a milestone – it would have been the people around the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentored the Kaufman generation that followed his and guided countless employees and sales professionals over the years. Many careers were shaped by his encouragement, his candor, and his faith in what others could achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At his retirement celebration in December 2024, he said words that now feel like a blessing to all of us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s been a wonderful journey for me and I’m so filled with gratitude because of who you are, what I have contributed to each one of you, and more importantly what you have contributed to me. You can work for over 60 years to build something, but the building of it isn’t so much; it is truly what’s sitting at the table tonight. I love all of you and I wish you nothing but continued success.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luana & Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* The photo in the lower right is from Quilt Market in November 2003, when Sophie was still a baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June 4-5 – Featured Speaker – World Environment Day – Houston
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