Andrew Major (August 18, 1921 – October 15, 2004) was a Hungarian born American businessman called "a preeminent textile pioneer" by the American Furniture Hall of Fame Foundation Inc. He was President and major shareholder of Mastercraft Corporation in Spindale, North Carolina, a company he built into the largest manufacturer of Jacquard fabrics in the world.Andrew Major was educated in Switzerland and England. Following the rise of Nazi Germany and Antisemitism, he came to Canada while still in his teens them moved to the United States in 1940. During World War II, he served in the Pacific Theater with the United States Army, 96th Infantry Division. For his actions during combat in the Philippines and Okinawa, he received the Combat Infantryman Badge and Bronze Star Medal. Wikipedia