Samuel Ruben was born Charles Rubenstein in
San Francisco, California,
November 5,
1913, the son of Herschel and Frieda Penn Rubenstein – the name was officially shortened to Ruben in 1930. Young Sam developed a friendship with neighbor Jack Dempsey and became involved with a local boys' boxing club and later, when the family moved across the Bay to Berkeley, he was a successful basketball player at
Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California). After achieving his B.S. in
Chemistry at the
University of California, Berkeley, he continued his studies there and was awarded a Ph.D. in
Physical Chemistry in May 1938. He was immediately appointed Instructor in the Chemistry Department, and became an Assistant Professor in 1941.
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