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Old May 9th, 2008, 04:21 PM   #1
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Hugh Bradner

Hugh Bradner, the inventor of the neoprene wetsuit died this past monday, May 5th., 2008. He was a physicist and dive researcher who worked closely with the Navy and devised a number of innovations used by Navy UDT teams and sport divers. He invented the wet suit in 1952.
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