Minneapolis (May 30, 2008) – The Minnesota Planetarium Society today announced
that Paul Douglas, meteorologist and entrepreneur, has been named to the board of directors.

Douglas, 49, is the co-founder of Singular Logic, a patent holding company focused on internet news and advertising.

His current entrepreneurial pursuits include WeatherNation, which will syndicate weather reports for web sites, cable channels and broadcasters from a new studio in the western suburbs of the Twin Cities and NoozMe LLC, a new approach to providing news and advertising on the web. He is also the director of meteorology for LaCrosse Technology, an electronic products and weather instruments manufacturer based in LaCrosse, WI. Douglas served the Twin Cities market as a broadcast meteorologist for 22 years, most recently for WCCO-TV. Prior to that time he was associated with WBBM-TV in Chicago and KARE-TV.

“Paul’s body of knowledge, visionary pursuits and obvious lifetime passion for science make him a tremendous addition to the board and our efforts to make the new Minnesota Planetarium and Space Center a reality for our state,” said Peggy Leppik, president of the Minnesota Planetarium Society.
Douglas is heavily involved in addressing climate change, speaking to schools and nonprofits as well as being active in the Boys Scouts of America and “SAVE” (Suicide Awareness, Voices of Education), a national suicide prevention outreach program based in Bloomington, MN.

He is the author of two books, Prairie Skies (1981) and Restless Skies (2004) and made a cameo appearance in the 1996 movie Twister, playing himself. A graduate of Penn State, University Park, PA, Douglas holds a bachelor’s degree in meteorology.
The appointment of Douglas increases the number serving on the board to 18 members.

The Minnesota Planetarium Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving math and science education as well as constructing the new Minnesota Planetarium and Space Discovery Center on the 5th and 6th floors of the new Minneapolis Central Library at 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis.  The Center will serve as a learning resource for school groups, students and adults of all ages and is expected to open in 2011.

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