Today we see how the gift
of life was not squandered. Larry Rosenbaum was given the stereotypical "two
years to live". He took much more than he was given. And he gave a large
company a set of intellectual property relating to the use of plastics. We are
all work for hire.
LARRY A. ROSENBAUM, 56
Published March 27, 2003
Larry A. Rosenbaum, 56, a longtime Gurnee
resident and a plastics
engineer who helped develop hundreds of patented products during a 20-year career
at Baxter Healthcare
in Round Lake, died Saturday, March
22, of complications
from meningitis in Milwaukee's
Froedtert Hospital.
Born in Akron, Mr. Rosenbaum graduated
from Akron's Kenmore High
School in 1964. He later attended the University of Akron but withdrew when
diagnosed with a hereditary
kidney disease. At the time, doctors
gave him two years to live. Mr. Rosenbaum outlasted the disease and in 1989,
after 18 months on dialysis, received
a kidney
transplant.
Mr. Rosenbaum's experiences with dialysis and the transplant were key to his
work at Baxter. As a plastics engineer and
machine designer,
he helped develop new ways to produce medical
storage bags and delivery
systems for various intravenous drugs, including those for patients with
kidney diseases.
According to colleague Steve Giovanetto, Mr. Rosenbaum's team of plastics researchers
was responsible for 300 to 400 patents
in the last two decades. Mr. Rosenbaum personally held more than 25 plastics-related
patents and was recognized at Baxter as an expert in "container technology,"
according to Giovanetto.
Mr. Rosenbaum began his career as a tool-and-die
maker in Ohio. He later helped develop a plastic irrigation tile for farm
fields. In 1982, he went to work as a manager in Baxter's plastics engineering
division, and he most recently headed a team of engineers and new-product developers
for the company. Survivors include his wife, Susan, and a brother, Joel. Services
will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 31 Park
Ave., Grayslake.
Copyright
2003 Chicago Tribune (Registration required)
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