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   Earl Silas Tupper (1907–1983) was the inventor of Tupperware, and founder of   
   the Tupperware Plastics Co.  Tupper was born on a farm in Berlin NH. The   
   Tupper family moved from Berlin when he was 3 years old, spending the rest of   
   his youth growing up on    
   different farms in central Massachusetts.   
      
   After studying at Bryant College (now Bryant University) in Providence RI, he   
   began a landscaping and nursery business until the Great Depression forced the   
   business into bankruptcy. He then got a job with the DuPont chemical company.   
      
   Using black, inflexible pieces of polyethylene slag, a waste product of the   
   oil refining process given to him by his supervisor at DuPont, Tupper purified   
   the slag and molded it to create lightweight, non-breakable containers, cups,   
   bowls, plates, and    
   even gas masks that were used in World War II. He later designed liquid-proof,   
   airtight lids, inspired by the secure seal of paint can lids.   
      
   Tupper founded the Tupperware Plastics Co. in 1938 and in 1948, the company   
   introduced Tupper Plastics to hardware and department stores. Around 1946, he   
   joined forces with Brownie Wise, who caught his attention after she made a   
   lengthy phone call to his    
   office in South Grafton MA, during which she explained her extraordinary   
   success selling Tupperware via home parties.   
      
   Based on a marketing strategy developed by Wise and early pioneers Tom and Ann   
   Damigella from Everett MA, Tupperware was withdrawn from sale in retail stores   
   in the early 1950s and Tupperware "parties" soon became popular in homes. This   
   was the first    
   instance of what became known as "party plan" marketing.   
      
   The corporate HQ was moved from Massachusetts to Orlando FL. After his   
   falling-out with Wise that resulted in her dismissal in 1958, Tupper sold The   
   Tupperware Company for $16 million to Rexall. Shortly afterward, he divorced   
   his wife, gave up his U.S.    
   citizenship to avoid taxes, and bought an island just off the coast of Costa   
   Rica or according to other sources Isla San José.   
      
   In 1969, Tupper donated 428 acres of land in Smithfield RI, to his alma mater,   
   Bryant College (now named Bryant University). The land was developed into the   
   college's new campus, which opened in 1971. The campus in Providence where   
   Tupper had once    
   studied was sold to Brown University.   
      
   Tupper died in Costa Rica on October 3, 1983, at the age of 76.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Tupper   
      
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