Alvin Duskin was a San Francisco Bay Area educator, entrepreneur, and activist known for a series of campaigns he led in the 1970s. These initiatives included anti-highrise ads, a battle to stop the sale of Alcatraz Island to a Texas oilman, and an initiative that stopped the development of nuclear power plants in California. Duskin was joined in these efforts by journalists, activists, and ad-men.
Duskin was also known for founding The Alvin Duskin Company, a women's fashion label he created in the 1960s. The brand achieved national distribution and funded many of Duskin's anti-war and environmental campaigns. Later in his career he founded or co-founded start-ups, serving as CEO in wind, hydro, conservation, and food companies.