Doug Reuter

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Doug Reuter
Member of the MinnesotaHouseofRepresentatives
from the 28A district
In office
1997–2000
Personal details
Born (1949-03-17) March 17, 1949 (age 75)
Superior, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political party Republican
Independent
SpouseNancy
Children3
Residence(s) Owatonna, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater Metropolitan State University
Occupationbusinessman

Doug Reuter (born March 17, 1949) is an American politician and board game inventor in the state of Minnesota. He served in the Minnesota House of Representatives. [1]

Reuter grew up in the Twin Cities. His family lived in Eden Prairie, Minnesota for 18 years where he ran unsuccessfully for city council and mayor. His family eventually moved to Owatonna which is where he was elected as a representative. Reuter served in the U.S. Navy. Prior to his election, he served as a lobbyist for a waste management firm that sought to encourage recycling and composting instead of landfills and mass incineration. [2]

Reuter also invented the board game Sequence . [3] Reuter first imagined the board game in 1974 in a dream. He sold the game to a distributor in 1981. The game was not initially popular but grew in popularity in the early 1990s and in 1995 Reuter quit his job to market the game. [2]

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References

  1. "Reuter, Doug - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us.
  2. 1 2 Compton, Steve (7 February 1997). "Reuter not playing games with fiscal restraint" (PDF). Session Weekly. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota House of Representatives Information Office. p. 13. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. Norfleet, Nicole (July 26, 2024). "Bustling board game industry continues to grow in U.S." Star Tribune. Retrieved 28 July 2024.