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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.
The family requests gifts in his memory to The Hugh and Marjorie Bradner Endowment at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. A memorial service for Hugh and Marjorie Bradner will be held at the UCSD Faculty Club on Sunday, May 25, at 3 p.m.
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