Stanley L. Klos: Difference between revisions

Klos was born in [[New York City]] to Dr. Louis A. Klos, founder of the [[National Catholic Business Education Association]], and Eileen Hundertmark.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} Klos became interested in historical preservation in his early teens, acquiring antiques at flea markets in the 1960s.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

===NCAA ICollege career===

From 1972 to 1974 Klos played [[college basketball]] for St. Peter's College as a Center/Forward[[forward-center]]. BetweenIn 1975 and 19771974, he representedtransferred [[Idaho State University]], alsowhere ashe aplayed centerfrom 1975 to 1977.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stan Klos college stats |url=https:/Forward/www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/stan-klos-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>

Klos played for [[Italy]]'s [[Amaro Harrys Bologna]]<ref>[http://evisum.com/gallery/skbbarti.jpg Amaro Harrys vs Jolly Colombani] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127030634/http://evisum.com/gallery/skbbarti.jpg |date=2007-11-27 }} Pesaro, Italy 1978</ref><ref>[http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2265039850066456772laqxPv Amaro Harrys Jersey] Amaro Harrys Bologna (Italian league) 1978-79</ref> of the Italian Basketball Association.<ref>[http://evisum.com/gallery/skbbpic.jpg Amaro Harry's Forward] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127030644/http://evisum.com/gallery/skbbpic.jpg |date=2007-11-27 }} Bologna, Italy 1978</ref> He also was the Captain of the United States Basketball Team which participated in European International Tournaments in 1979.<ref>[http://roi.us/usa.htm USA Basketball] Cartoon of Stan Klos Circa 1978</ref>

Klos is the co-founder of Dinosaur Safaris, Inc., in Shell, Wyoming.<ref>[http://www.dinosaursafaris.com/welcome.html Dinosaur Safaris, Inc.] Shell, Wyoming</ref><ref>[http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=59591 Local family business uncovers a dinosaur!] Tampabay Channel 10, July 23, 2007</ref> The company is headed by paleontologist [[Bob Simon]]. Under Simon's stewardship, four fully articulated dinosaurs–[[Camarasaurus]], [[Stegosaurus]], [[Diplodocus]], and [[Camptosaurus]]–have been discovered.<ref>[httphttps://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=120048&page=1 Foraging For Fossils] Good Morning America, By Pauline ArrillagavS H E L L, Wyo., Aug. 7, 2007</ref>

''President Who? Forgotten Founders''<ref>[http://www.stanklos.com PRESIDENT WHO? FORGOTTEN FOUNDERS] 2004 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Estoric, {{ISBN|0-9752627-5-0}}</ref> examines the origins of the U.S. Presidency <ref>[http://www.fdrheritage.org/newspaper/grandopening1.htm Roosevelt's legacy is "an inspiration'] WorchesterWorcester Telegram By Pamela H. Sacks Sunday, July 25, 2004</ref> and includes biographies of four Presidents of the Continental Congress and ten Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled serving before George Washington from 1774- 1788.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/02/nyregion/02towns.html?ei=5007&en=ea020f2bb3a9014c&ex=1401595200&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=print&position= Can't Recall 11th President? Got a Dollar?] The New York Times By PETER APPLEBOME June 2, 2004</ref> Featuring many pre-1789 letters, resolutions, treaties, and laws signed as ''President of the United States'', the book relies heavily on primary sources as evidence the office existed before 1789.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/hotsites/2004/2004-01-28-hotsites.htm USA TODAY Presidents of the United States] January 28, 2004</ref>

In 1999 Klos founded The Virtualology Project, a website designed with its own search engine, Evisum, hosting historical documents, art, natural history research and biographies, and coupled with an online research model including over 7,500 unique URL addresses of notable topics. It hosts a copyrighted, edited version of ''[[Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography]]'' under its FamousAmericans.net website.<ref>{{cite news |first= Mary|last= Carney|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Upper St. Clair archivist lends documents of Founding Fathers to library. |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_south/20010801s19clair0801p4.asp |quote=Klos envisions the Internet as an adjunct to learning and hopes to work with teachers and students in surfing the Web in search of classroom assignments. He has a Web site called Virtualology.com and has created sites for famous world leaders. |publisher=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date= August 1, 2001 |accessdate=2007-09-25 }}</ref> Virtualology created an online educational venue where students published their work on the relevant websites. These educational sites were organized into five virtual museums and one virtual library. Each domain name became an exclusive student-publishing web site. Student submissions were presented through their teachers and routed directly to the individual sites either to the URLS' editing sponsors or to Virtualology Editors. Editing sponsors were educators from a variety of educational institutions including museums, libraries, foundations, universities, and historical societies who became responsible for their URL's content. Virtualology created an environment where students published their work on URLS named for the topic of their research. 13 months after Virtualology's launch ''[[USA Today]]'' voted it as one of its "Hot Sites".<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/tech/2001-04-02-hotsites.htm USA Today Hot Sites], USATODAY.com 2001</ref>

In 1994, Klos was the Republican Nominee for West Virginia in the [[United States Senate elections, 1994|US Senate elections]], having defeated physician Arthur R. Gindin in the primary by 61% to 39%. Klos campaigned as a ''"sacrificial lamb"'' against veteran Democrat [[Robert C. Byrd]], as part of the Republican U.S. Senatorial Committee's strategy to re-capture a majority in the United States Senate in 1994. This strategy was successful, as although Byrd was elected with 69% to Stan Klos' 31%, he spent $1,550,354 to Klos' $267,165.<ref>[http://election.nationaljournal.com/2006/senate/wv.htm US Senate 1994] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028185551/http://election.nationaljournal.com/2006/senate/wv.htm |date=2010-10-28 }} Byrd (D) versus Klos (R)</ref> Additionally, the Democratic Party invested over $1 million in West Virginia's U.S. Senatorial Campaign, compared to the Republican Party's $15,000. The Republicans duly won a majority in the U.S. Senate. The campaign received attention for the hiring of an actor to play [[Robert C. Byrd]] in staged Statewide Debates when the Byrd refused Klos's invitation for a series of formal Senatorial Debates. The campaign also organized successful demonstrations against the Clintons' National Health Care Bus as it traveled through West Virginia in the summer of 1994. When the bill debated in the Senate, Senator Byrd opposed the approval of the [[National Health Care]] measure while the bus was completing its tour in the state. However, on Klos's instruction the campaign did not implement the "''Death by a Thousand Cuts''" plan proposed by strategists, which was later favourably acknowledged by Senator Byrd.<ref>[http://www.roi.us/pics.h4.jpg Robert C. Byrd Letter to Stanley L. Klos] October 31, 1997</ref>

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