Reino A. Perala (August 28, 1915 – February 25, 2002) was a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

. He was born in

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. Perala was blind and graduated from the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired before attending the

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and the

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Career

Perala received his bachelor's degree and law degrees from

. He practiced law and owned a hotel in

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. He was a justice of the peace. Perala was a member of the Assembly from 1953 to 1968. He was a

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References

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