Reuben Klamer was an American designer, developer, inventor, entrepreneur, and sales and marketing executive, best known for creating and designing the modern version of classic Milton Bradley board game The Game of Life.
11 Facts About Reuben Klamer
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Reuben Klamer was born in 1922 in Canton, Ohio, to Romanian Jewish emigrants Joseph Reuben Klamer and Rachel Levenson.
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Reuben Klamer studied ancient and modern history at George Washington University in Washington DC and earned a Bachelor of Science in marketing from Ohio State University.
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Reuben Klamer completed postgraduate work in engineering at the University of Michigan.
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Reuben Klamer enlisted in the US Navy midshipman school at Northwestern University in 1943 and served in the South Pacific.
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Reuben Klamer's career started with the Ideal Toy Company in 1949.
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Reuben Klamer created the Art Linkletter Spin-A-Hoop, Gaylord the Walking Dog, and Busy Blocks.
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Reuben Klamer created the Pink Panther Travelling Show Car, build on an oldsmobile chassis for the Pink Panther Cartoon Series.
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In June 1959, Reuben Klamer pitched an art center concept to Milton Bradley that featured their crayons and finger paints.
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Reuben Klamer declined, but Milton Bradley president James Shea, Sr.
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Reuben Klamer died on September 14,2021, at the age of 99.