Award-winning Cosmetic Chemist Rides the Wave to Success

Jul 26th, 2013
Jean Allured, Freelance Writer and Editor

Martin M. Rieger entered the cosmetic industry by accident. In 1948, he graduated from the University of Chicago with a doctorate in physical organic chemistry, and his first job offer was to work in Cuba at a rayon tire cord factory. He decided to turn that opportunity down, however.

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