Reuben Klamer

Reuben Klamer (June 20, 1922 – September 14, 2021) was an American designer, developer, inventor, entrepreneur, and sales and marketing executive,

The Game of Life was marketed in 59 countries and translated into 26 languages. It is estimated that 70 million copies have been sold, and it is the second most popular board game, only to Monopoly. He studied ancient and modern history at George Washington University in Washington D.C. and earned a Bachelor of Science in marketing from Ohio State University. He completed postgraduate work in engineering at the University of Michigan.

Television Klamer was approached by the producers of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. to design a special weapon for the show's secret agents. He produced a toy version for Ideal.

Impressed with Klamer's work, and under pressure from network executives to make his show more "action packed," Star Trek producer Gene Roddenberry enlisted Klamer to design "a really big gun." He built the phaser rifle used in the episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before."

He created the Pink Panther Travelling Show Car, build on an oldsmobile chassis for the Pink Panther Cartoon Series

Death Klamer died on September 14, 2021, at the age of 99.

Awards and honors

Association Year Award Hasbro 2000 Hasbro Inventors Hall of Fame Toy Industry Hall of Fame 2005 Inductee TAGIE Award 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award State Government 2003 OHIO Citizen of Honour Ohio State University 2011 Fisher College of Business Alumni Award for Entrepreneurship Fisher College of Business 2012 Dean's Distinguished Fellowship Award OSU 's Science and TechnologyInsights 2019 Great Ohio State Inventor