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L. C. "Bud" Rubens was a chemical engineer who spent his career with the Dow Chemical Company, from which he retired after 46 years in 1986. During his time at Dow, his applied work in foam technology produced commercial development of incredible magnitude.

Rubens invented Etha-Foam polyethylene foam, and was a pioneer in organic blowing agents, which have been applied to almost all polymeric foam products, including Styrofoam, and Urethane foam. He was also instrumental in the development of Styrene / Di-Vinyl Benzene Co-Polymer, leading to the first Low-Loss Die-Electric, weather-stable plastics for early radar technology.

Rubens helped to develop fiberglass reinforced unsaturated polyester resin for body armor.

A holder of 58 U.S. patents, Rubens received the first Hubert H. Dow Gold Medal in 1979, and was named a Dow Research Fellow in 1982. That same year, the company named him "Inventor of the Year" for his work on composite foam structure.

A member of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Rubens was honored with an "Outstanding Achievement Award" by the Thermoplastic Materials and Foams Division in 1994. He was indcuted into the Hall of Fame in 2000.

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