Editing Sam Ruben (section)

==Early life==
Ruben was 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, California|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.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}