Stanley L. Klos

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Stanley Louis "Stan" Klos (born January 18, 1954), a former Italian basketball player, [1] is a businessman and historical preservationist. Klos was a U.S. Senate GOP Nominee, who challenged Robert C. Byrd for the West Virginia seat in 1994.

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. Klos became interested in historical preservation in his early teens acquiring antiques at flea markets in the 1960s. In the 1970s he turned his pursuits to automobiles, assembling a collection of classic cars. He currently resides in Florida with his eight children.

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[edit] Historic preservationist

In the 1980s and 1990s, Klos began preserving historic properties, eventually accumulating 32, 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In the 1990s, Klos began collecting historical documents, and placed these primary sources online at hundreds of URLs named after their notable subjects or authors, such as (benjaminfranklin.org), (fortpitt.org), (worldwarII.org). These documents were re-formed into award-winning exhibits that are featured at museums, universities, and special events all across the United States. [12], [13], [14],[15], [16].

In 2004, Klos, as a Board member of the James Monroe Foundation, proposed that JMF acquire and restore the family farm and birthplace of President James Monroe. On April 4, 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 award is an annual essay contest for juniors and seniors enrolled in a public, private or home-school high school programs. 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] [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].

[edit] Authorial activities

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:

  • Klos'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.”

[edit] Entrepreneurial endeavours

  • 'Klos 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]
  • He 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]
  • 'He established an innovative internet e-Education Company, Virtualology.com, in 1999 with page views topping 70,000 per day by its 4th year.[36]
  • He acquired, preserved and profitably re-developed 32 historically significant properties ranging from Vaudeville Theaters to Revolutionary War Taverns.[37]
  • He devised a rare document PR model whose exhibits have headlined a plethora of universities, museums, libraries and national historic sites’ special events.
  • He is 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]

[edit] Politics

As 1992-1994 West Virginia Republican State Committee  Finance Chairman, he turned around an under performing Republican State Political Committee by completely changing its business model and strategy. Grew annual contributions by 750%. As1994 Republican Nominee U.S. Senate - won the West Virginia Republican Party's nomination for U.S. Senate after defeating physician Arthur R. Gindin in the primary 61% to 39%. Campaigned as a "sacrificial lamb" against Robert C. Byrd participating in the Republican U.S. Senatorial Committee’s strategy to re-capture a majority in the United States Senate in 1994. Strategy was successful as Robert C. Byrd (D), although elected 290,495, 69% to Stan Klos (R), 130,441, 31%, spent $1,550,354 to Klos' $267,165. [39] Additionally the Democratic Party invested over $1 million in that State's U.S. Senatorial Campaign to the Republican Party's $15,000. The GOP captured a majority in the U.S. Senate. The highlights of the campaign included the hiring of an actor to play Robert C. Byrd who toured in staged Statewide Debates when the incumbent refused Klos's invitation for a series of formal Senatorial Debates. The campaign also organized successful demonstrations against the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Health Care Bus as it traveled through West Virginia in the summer of 1994. Senator Byrd, while the bill was being debated on the Senate floor rose suggesting the brakes be put on approving National Health Care measure while the bus was completing its tour in WV. To Klos's credit, the campaign did not implement the "Death by a Thousand Cuts" plan proposed by strategists which was later acknowledged in speeches given and letters written by U.S. Senator Byrd. [40]

  • 1996 State Treasurer Nominee - recruited by WV State Committee Chairman Steve La Rose, Klos uncovered a scheme to circumvent the WV State Constitution's ban on investing State funds into equities during his campaign for State Treasurer. Klos challenged the “West Virginia Trust Fund” which was declared unconstitutional by the WV Supreme Court on February 25, 1997. [41] The following year an amendment to the State Constitution allowing equity investments was proposed to the voters and passed by a 71 to 29 percent margin. The Wheeling News Register summed up Klos’s efforts in their Editorial "Klos Took A Stand Based on What is Right" [42]

[edit] Basketball

[edit] NCAA I College Basketball

  • 1972-1974 St. Peter's College - Center/Forward
  • 1975-1977 Idaho State University - Center/Forward

[edit] International Basketball Federation

Klos played for Italy's Amaro Harrys Bologna[43] [44] of the Italian Basketball Association[45]. He also was the Captain of the United States Basketball Team which participated in European International Tournaments in 1979.[46], [47]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Amateur Basketball Association of The United States of AmericaInternational Player License Travel Permit
  2. ^ Remnants of hospital discovered in old home Asbury Park Press by Mark Dillon 1984
  3. ^ Businessman teaches his trade Intelligencer, By: Janice Bullard 1987
  4. ^ Judge Overrules Zoning PanelJuly 28, 1983
  5. ^ Renaissance Gallery opens Thursday The Signal Item, Wednesday, January 15, 2003
  6. ^ Gettysburg has history to spare The Evening Sun, By JOSEPH DEINLEIN Gettysburg, PA July 29, 2005
  7. ^ One Man's Effort to Save Historic Village Princeton Packett, By Sally Lane 1985
  8. ^ Klos Seeks Original Marquee Intelligencer, By Martha Leonard 1989
  9. ^ Victoria Vaudeville Theater
  10. ^ You and Honus Wagner slept here,By Brian C. Rittmeyer, TRIBUNE-REVIEW, Wednesday, February 15, 2006
  11. ^ West Virginia Bank Building Terra cotta ten stories Circa 1917 1201 Main Street, Wheeling, WV
  12. ^ PoliticalFest "World's Fair of Politics" A Success in Philadelphia
  13. ^ 'Rebels With a Cause' Opens at MGM A collection of rare historic documents from the founding days of the United States, "Rebels With A Cause," will be open to the public Feb. 28 through March 2 at the MGM Grand Conference Center.
  14. ^ "This Just In: The Constitution as Breaking News" NEW EXHIBIT AT JAMES MADISON’S MONTPELIER FEATURES RARE VERSIONS OF U.S. CONSTITUTION, BILL OF RIGHTS
  15. ^ Rebels with a Cause By Bill Schackner, Post-Gazette Staff Writer Thursday, July 01, 1999
  16. ^ Pennsylvania Society's Annual Awards Banquet 2004 Gold Medal Exhibit, Waldorf=Astoria
  17. ^ James Monroe Birthplace Commission James Monroe Foundation established in 1928.
  18. ^ Digging for buried History The Free Lance-Star, Story by FRANK DELANO July 8, 2006.
  19. ^ James Monroe Scholarship Award Established in 2001 by the James Monroe Foundation.
  20. ^ James Monroe Scholars
  21. ^ Dinosaur Safaris, Inc. Shell, Wyoming
  22. ^ Local family business uncovers a dinosaur! Tampabay Channel 10, July 23, 2007
  23. ^ Foraging For Fossils Good Morning America, By Pauline ArrillagavS H E L L, Wyo., Aug. 7, 2007
  24. ^ PRESIDENT WHO? FORGOTTEN FOUNDERS 2004 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Estoric, ISBN 0-9752627-5-0
  25. ^ Roosevelt's legacy is "an inspiration' Worchester Telegram By Pamela H. Sacks Sunday, July 25, 2004
  26. ^ Can't Recall 11th President? Got a Dollar? The New York Times By PETER APPLEBOME June 2, 2004
  27. ^ USA TODAY Presidents of the United States January 28 2004
  28. ^ First President' Is Reburied Norwich Bulletin, November 24, 2003
  29. ^ Earliest U.S. presidents are mostly forgotten Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Monday, February 16, 2004 The American Presidency a Glorious Burden
  30. ^ Unsolved History" Plots to Kill Lincoln Discovery Channel 4 February 2004
  31. ^ "Washington, Get In Line" Cover Story US News and World Report, August 12, 2006
  32. ^ U.S. Presidential Museum Norwich Historical Society March 1, 2006
  33. ^ RE/MAX INTERNATIONAL REACQUIRES PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE REGIONS RE/MAX International Press Release, November 1999
  34. ^ Horse Park of New Jersey High Meadow Orchard Associates (HMOA) a partnership formed by Klos and Tony Nini to create a Thoroughbred Equestrian Community
  35. ^ The Highlands of West Virginia Ohio County Commission, Wheeling, WV David Sims and Stan Klos Founders
  36. ^ Virtualology Crystal Beach, Florida Founded in 1999
  37. ^ Historic Re-Development Historic Preservation since 1979
  38. ^ RE/MAX head offer Bush a recovery Plan The Pocono Record, Saturday January 25, 1992
  39. ^ US Senate 1994 Byrd (D) versus Klos (R)
  40. ^ Robert C. Byrd Letter to Stanley L. Klos October 31, 1997
  41. ^ SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia Trust Fund declared Unconstitutional February 25, 1997
  42. ^ "Klos Took A Stand Based on What is Right" Wheeling News Redgister, West Virginia September 29, 1997
  43. ^ Amaro Harrys vs Jolly Colombani Pesaro, Italy 1978
  44. ^ Amaro Harrys Jersey Amaro Harrys Bologna (Italian league) 1978-79
  45. ^ Amaro Harry's Forward Bologna, Italy 1978
  46. ^ USA Basketball Cartoon of Stan Klos Circa 1978
  47. ^ Amateur Basketball Association of The United States of AmericaInternational Player License Travel Permit