Nordahl Leo Brue (born November 20, 1944) is a lawyer and entrepreneur, best known as a founder of Bruegger's Bagels.[1]
Brue was educated at Grinnell College and Washington University in St. Louis.[2] In 1983, Brue and Mike Dressell opened the first Bruegger's Bagels in Troy, New York.[3] Today, Bruegger's runs approximately 300 bakery-cafes in 24 states and the District of Columbia. Brue also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Grinnell College, chair of PKC Corporation and Franklin Foods, and as a member of the board of the Green Mountain Power Corporation. He is a member of the Vermont State Governor's Council of Economic Advisors.[4]