Paul Douglas (meteorologist)
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Paul Douglas is the
Early life and education
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Douglas Kruhoeffer was raised in Pennsylvania.[3] His hometown is Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[1] While in high school, he began using the stage name Paul Douglas.[1] He graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology in 1980.[4]
Career
Broadcasting and journalism
While a senior in college, he began broadcasting the weekend weather reports for
Douglas wrote a daily weather column for the
In 2009, the St. Cloud Times appointed him as the head of their meteorological team[7][8] and Conservation Minnesota partnered with him to create MNWeatherCenter,[9] a hub for Minnesota weather.
In 2010, the Star Tribune rehired him as a weather blogger.[10]
Businessman
Douglas leads a number of companies that he founded or co-founded, including
He founded EarthWatch Communications in 1990, which created weather visualizations for the feature films Jurassic Park and Twister.[3] He made a cameo appearance in a weather center scene in the latter. He co-founded Digital Cyclone in 1998[3] which created weather applications and supplies content for wireless devices under the My-Cast brand name. Douglas sold Digital Cyclone to Garmin[3] in 2007 for $45 million.[13]
Author, educator and speaker
Douglas regularly writes and speaks about
Douglas has authored two books, Prairie Skies: The Minnesota Weather Book (1992,
He has taught broadcast meteorology courses at
Personal life
Paul Douglas and his wife have at least two sons, Brett and Walt.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Paul Douglas". calvin.edu. Calvin University. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Rocks, David (March 27, 2001). "The World Wide Web's Local Weatherman". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Paul Douglas". broadcast-weather.com. Media Logic Group, LLC. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c "Bio". PaulDouglasFoundation.org. Archived from the original on 2011-10-27.
- ^ a b Battle, Roxane. "With Douglas out at 'CCO, TV anchors are no longer 'safe'". MinnPost.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Collins, Bob (April 4, 2008). "WCCO layoffs". minnesota.publicradio.org. Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Kaiser, Emily (March 30, 2009). "Paul Douglas is back! In St. Cloud, at least". CityPages.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ St. Cloud Times Weather
- ^ "MNWeatherCenter". mnweathercenter.org. Archived from the original on June 18, 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Douglas, Paul (February 14, 2010). "A Midwinter Reality Check". On Weather. Star Tribune. Archived from the original on February 18, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via startribune.com.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Paul Douglas". LinkedIn.com. Paul Douglas.
- ^ Gordon, Jack. "Paul Douglas's New Forecast". Twin Cities Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via TCBMag.com.
- Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Brauer, David (October 28, 2010). "Paul Douglas: 'I'm a recovering Republican, and I don't recognize my party any more.'". MinnPost.com.
- ^ "Publisher notes".
External links
- Article about Douglas's stormy arrival at the StarTribune at CityPages.com
- Paul Douglas Bio at National Science Teachers Association
- A Republican meteorologist looks at climate change April 2, 2012