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Lud's Bio

•	Born in Philadelphia, PA. 1930
•	Attended Hershey Industrial School, Hershey, PA. 1935
•	Studied and worked in the school printing shop during 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. Graduated 5th in class of 95
•	Employed as printer's apprentice August 1947 to January 1948, printing pressman January 1948 to June 1948
•	Started at Crescent Ink & Color Co., Philadelphia, PA. as incoming raw materials quality control June 1948. Transferred to color matching/formulating department October 1948
•	Studied chemistry at Saint Joseph College night school for 3 years, 1950-52
•	Appointed to Head Color Matcher & Customer Service Department in 1952
•	Reformulated most of Crescent's litho and letterpress vehicles to be made by the dispersion process on a Cowles Dissolver

•	Formulated and serviced the first web heatset ink for Crescent, 1955
•	Accepted job of Vehicle Lab Manager at Lawter Chemicles, June 1960
•	Formulated the first successful Isophthalic alkyds ("Terlons") for printing inks, September 1960
•	Formulated the first web heatset vehicle based on substituded aluminum alcoholates ("Thermex vehicles"), Dec. 1962. Applied for patent and received initial patent and 3 improvements in following years
•	Many new ink vehicles developed each year. Grew Lawter's sales from 2.1 million dollars per year in 1960, to 230 million in 2003
•	Traveled to 31 countries from 1975 to 2000, assisting local sales people in presenting new products to customers, and learning about the customers' future needs and wishes
•	Promoted to Group Vice President in 1980, Senior Vice President in 1997
•	Retired from Lawter/Eastman, July 2003