Samuel Rubin (philanthropist)
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1901
Samuel Rubin | |
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| Born | Samuel Rubin 1901 Białystok,Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 21 December 1978 (aged 76–77) United States |
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| Known for | Founder of Faberge Perfumes |
Samuel Rubin (1901 – 21 December 1978) was a Polish and American humanitarian and entrepreneur.
Samuel Rubin was born to a Jewish family[1] In 1930, Rubin founded the Spanish Trading Corporation, following up, in 1937, by founding Faberge Perfumes. He retained ownership of the company until 1963 at which point, it having been made a great success, he sold it. Part of the profits went into the Samuel Rubin Foundation,[2] which he had established in 1959.
In 1958, an endowed scholarship was established in his name at Rutgers School of Law—Newark.[3]
In 1972, he took part in a dinner meeting in Paris with Susan George and French political figures and intellectuals who all opposed the Vietnam War. This was at the request of Richard Barnet and Marcus Raskin from the Institute for Policy Studies. They discussed setting up the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Europe.
About this he said: “Since we all agree that the world is suffering from war, from inequities, from the inhuman treatment of perhaps more than two thirds of humanity, let us come together to examine these questions and to see what answers we can collectively produce that may perhaps deliver us, as humanity, as the human race, into a world different from the one we are living in today.”[4]
