[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1852]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING THE LIFE OF VICTOR S. RUBENSTEIN

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                             HON. TIM RYAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 11, 2016

  Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of 
Victor S. Rubenstein, 72, who passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2016. 
Victor was born on November 21, 1943 in Youngstown, Ohio, a son of 
Emmanuel M. and Celia Copeland Rubenstein.
  Mr. Rubenstein earned a bachelor's degree in education in 1966 from 
Youngstown State University, where he was Senior Class president, 
editor of The Jambar student newspaper, and also YSU's very first 
``Pete the Penguin'' mascot. After graduating from YSU, Victor worked 
as a junior high school English teacher, publisher and editor of three 
area weekly newspapers, and as a public-relations director and 
television host for WYTV.
  In 1970, Victor founded Rubenstein Associates, his own marketing and 
communications agency, beginning a career of remarkable accomplishment. 
Throughout his career, Victor received over seventy-five awards for 
excellence in public relations and television production, was appointed 
to sit on the Governor's Advisory Board to the Ohio Film Bureau, served 
as the consulting vice-president of marketing for AVI Foodsystems in 
Warren, OH, and worked as one of the most prominent political 
consultants in the Mahoning Valley.
  Victor had a great love for the Mahoning Valley and his hometown of 
Youngstown, OH. Victor was known to be a genuine, honest, engaging, and 
compassionate man. He had an extraordinary love for his family. They 
were the focal point of his life.
  Victor will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and community. 
He leaves behind his wife, Carolyn Anne, whom he married on December 
14, 1978. Together they raised four children; Keith (Susan) of Lake 
Forest, IL, Kim Rubenstein, Psy.D. (Tom Lundin) of Highland Park, IL, 
Eric (V.J.), Ph.D., (Lisa, Ph.D.) of Muncie, IN, and Mark (with Ryan 
Homes) in Charlotte, NC. He also leaves behind four grandchildren 
Lucille, Sydney, Zachary, and Ella Rubenstein of Lake Forest, IL. He 
was preceded in death by his parents and several aunts and uncles.

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