Join DiveBuddy.com

Meet new scuba divers, maintain a virtual dive log, participate in our forum, share underwater photos, research dive sites and more. Members login here.

#20387
Bob Meistrell who co-founded Body Glove, RIP
LatitudeAdjustment - 6/17/2013 11:44 AM
Category: Equipment
Replies: 2

API

Bob Meistrell, who co-founded the Body Glove clothing company and helped develop the first neoprene wetsuit, has died in Southern California. He was 84.

Body Glove International LLC President Russ Lesser tells the Torrance Daily Breeze that Meistrell suffered a heart attack on his boat Sunday while returning from Catalina Island and couldn’t be revived.



In the 1950s Meistrell and his identical twin, Bill, developed a wetsuit with the insulating material used in the back of refrigerators. The streamlined suit fit like a glove and eventually was marketed under the name Body Glove. The company celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.

Bill Meistrell died in 2006 at the age of 77.
#20281
Subscribed
Smithsgold - 6/17/2013 12:56 PM
Rest in Peace
#2635
Subscribed
John_giu - 6/18/2013 8:33 AM
I guess a lot of divers owe their sport to this guy. Especially the cold water gang.

May good grant him peace