Biography

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, which he had established in 1959.

In 1958 an endowed scholarship was established in his name at Rutgers School of Law—Newark

Rutgers School of Law—Newark

Rutgers School of Law–Newark is the oldest of three law schools in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located at the S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice, at 123 Washington Street, in downtown Newark...

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In 1972 he took part in a dinnermeeting in Paris with Susan George (political scientist)

Susan George (political scientist)

Susan George is a well-known Franco-American political and social scientist, activist and writer on global social justice, Third World poverty, underdevelopment and debt. She is a fellow and president of the board of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam...

 and French political figures and intellectuals who all opposed the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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. This was at the request of Richard Barnet

Richard Barnet

Richard Jackson Barnet was an American scholar-activist who co-founded the Institute for Policy Studies.-Early years:...

 and Marcus Raskin

Marcus Raskin

Marcus Raskin is a prominent American social critic, political activist, author, and philosopher, working for progressive social change in the United States....

 from the Institute for Policy Studies

Institute for Policy Studies

Institute for Policy Studies is a left-wing think tank based in Washington, D.C..It has been directed by John Cavanagh since 1998- History :...

 (IPS). They discussed setting up the Transnational Institute

Transnational Institute

Transnational Institute is an international think tank for progressive politics. It was established in 1973 in Amsterdam and serves as a network for scholars and activists...

 (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.”

The Samuel Rubin Foundation has been an important funder of the Transnational Institute

Transnational Institute

Transnational Institute is an international think tank for progressive politics. It was established in 1973 in Amsterdam and serves as a network for scholars and activists...

 for many years. TNI set up the "Samuel Rubin Young Fellowship Programme"in honor of his support.
The foundation also helped established, as part of the "Samuel Rubin Program for Liberty and Equality Through Law", a visiting professorship and an annual lecture on Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School, founded in 1858, is one of the oldest and most prestigious law schools in the United States. A member of the Ivy League, Columbia Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Columbia University in New York City. It offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in...

in 1981. Known as 'The Samuel Rubin Lectures', the professorship and the lecture are to address current issues in human and civil rights law.
Samuel Rubin's daughter is Cora Weiss.