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Stanley Louis "Stan" Klos (born January 18, 1954), is an Entrepreneur, former Italian basketball player who is also a well-known Historian and Author. Klos was the U.S. Senate GOP Nominee, who challenged Robert C. Byrd for the West Virginia Seat in 1994.[1]. He currently resides in Florida with his eight children.

Historic Preservationist

Klos was born in New York City, New York to Louis A. Klos, founder of the Catholic Businessmen’s Association of New York City, and Eileen Hundertmark, mother of eight children who attended Pace College in NYC. Stan began his journey into historical preservation in his early teens acquiring antiques at flea markets in the 1960’s.  In the 1970’s he turned his pursuits to automobiles, assembling a collection of classic cars. 

 

In the 1980 and 90’s  Klos began preserving historic properties with 32 to his credit including: 1774 Revolutionary War Tavern – Millstone, NJ; 1790 Imlay Mansion – Allentown, NJ [2]; 1845 McCullough Mansion and Estate – Ohio County, WV [3]; 1870 Coachman Estate, tabby construction, Cedar Key - Florida; 1887 Spring Lake Hotel – Spring Lake, NJ [4]; 1887 Presbyterian Stone Church – Carnegie, PA [5], 1870 Adams County Court House Annex Building Gettysburg – PA [6]; 1898 Edinburg Village - West Windsor, NJ [7];1904 Victoria [8] Vaudeville Theater – Wheeling, WV [9]; 1904 Mason Building – Carnegie, PA; 1917 Honus Wagner Home [10] -- Carnegie, NJ; University Place, Princeton– NJ.  1915 West Virginia Bank Building, ten story terra cotta - Wheeling, WV [11].

 

In the 1990’s Stan began assembling collections of rare historical documents displaying the primary sources online at hundreds of url’s named after notable persons (bejaminfranklin.org), places (fortpitt.org) and events (worldwarII.org).   The rare documents were re-formed into award winning exhibits that are featured at museums, universities, and special events all across the United States. Venues have included two National Political Conventions[12], MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel [13], James Madison’s Montpelier [14], Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, Clara Barton’s Home, the Carnegie Institute [15], NASA's Classroom of The Future , Waldorf=Astoria [16] Virginia, West Virginia and U.S. Capitols.

 

In 2004, Stan as a Board member of the James Monroe Foundation proposed JMMF acquire and restore the family farm and birthplace of President James Monroe. On April 4th, 2005, the County of Westmoreland signed a 99 year lease with the Foundation and Klos was named Chairman of the James Monroe Birthplace Commission. [17] Under the stewardship of James Monroe Foundation's President G. William Thomas archaeologists from the College of William & Mary began the site study for restoration in 2006. [18] .

 

Klos was co-founder of The James Monroe Scholarship Award established in 2001 by the James Monroe Foundation. [19] The James Monroe Scholarship Award is an annual essay contest for juniors and seniors enrolled in a public, private or home-school high school programs. Stan donated the url, JamesMonroe.Org and the initial funding for the Foundation's 1st Scholarships. The James Monroe High School Scholars essays are exhibited online at JamesMonroe.org. James Monroe Scholars] Award winning students have gone on to attend Princeton, Yale, UVA, William & Mary, James Madison, Virginia Tech and other fine schools across the nation where they continue their studies as proud Monroe Scholars. All 1st, 2nd and 3rd place essays are posted online at jamesmonroe.org [20]  

 

Klos is the co-founder of Dinosaur Safaris, Inc. located in Shell, Wyoming [21]. In 2001 Stan gifted his interest in the company to his eight children [22]. The company is headed by Paleontologist Bob Simon. Under Simon's stewardship four fully articulated dinosaurs -- Camarasaurus, Stegosaurus, Diplodocus, and Camptosaurus -- have been discovered [23].

Author

President Who? Forgotten Founders [24] is a landmark work that unravels the complex birth of the U.S. Presidency [25] while providing captivating biographies on four Presidents of the Continental Congress and ten Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled serving before George Washington from 1774-1788.[26] Peppered with pre-1789 letters, resolutions, treaties, and laws signed as President of the United States; the book relies heavily on primary sources as proofs the office existed before 1789.[27]   The research has resulted in

·         Stan's selection as the keynote speaker for the 2003 tomb rededication and re-interment of Samuel Huntington as the first President of the United States under the Articles of Confederation in 1781.[28]

·         The Smithsonian Institute’s “The American Presidency, A Glorious Burden” [29] including the book's primary resources in the internationally acclaimed exhibit.

·         An expert appearance on the Discovery Channel program, “Unsolved History: Plots To Kill Lincoln”. [30]

·         U.S. News & World Report utilizing the work in the August 6, 2006 cover story, “Washington? Get In Line." [31]

·         The founding of a U.S. Presidential Museum in Samuel Huntington’s home town honoring the 1774-1788 Confederation Period has received the endorsements of the Norwich Historical Society, Yale University, Connecticut State Historian, Connecticut Congressional Delegation, City of Norwich and Connecticut‘s Governor. [32]

·         President Who? Forgotten Founders' research is also spotlighted in the May-June 2007 “History Channel Magazine.”  

Entrepreneurial Highlights

  • Transformational Change – acquired an under-performing State master franchise with declining sales and expertly managed a marketing mix that exploded earned commissions from $240K to $36 million in twelve years. [33]
  • Corporate Financing - envisioned, launched and successfully secured $25 to $30 million in government bonds and/or financing on numerous residential and commercial development projects in New Jersey[34], Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.[35]
  • New Business Start-up – established an innovative internet e-Education Company, Virtualology.com, in 1999 with page views topping 70,000 per day by its 4 th year.[36]
  • Capitalist Preservationist – acquired, preserved and profitably re-developed 32 historically significant properties ranging from Vaudeville Theaters to Revolutionary War Taverns.[37]   
  • Public Relations – devised a rare document PR model whose exhibits have headlined a plethora of universities, museums, libraries and national historic sites’ special events.  The campaigns, whether rifle aimed at a local market or shot gun targeted to a national objective, were PR windfalls increasing brand awareness while improving corporate ethos.
  • Business Development and Sales Leadership – one of a select group of RE/MAX Regional Owners who masterminded the expansion of the world largest real estate sales force from 10,000 to 60,000 associates  in thirteen years averaging 120K annually in commissions.[38]

Politics

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