Vita

Professional record & selected work

Stanley Y. Klos

Author · Educator · Historic Preservationist · Entrepreneur

My work brings together historical research, primary-source exhibits, education, historic preservation, and enterprise. This vita records academic appointments, publications, selected projects, public service, and earlier athletic experience.

For an introduction to my current work, visit the homepage. The record below combines completed appointments with activities that developed over many years.

EducationAcademic experiencePublicationsExhibits & speakingPreservationBusiness & educational publishingPublic serviceMediaAthleticsPhotographs & documents

Education

• Doctoral candidacy, Mass Communications and Marketing — The Pennsylvania State University, 1981–1984. Doctoral degree not awarded.
• M.A., Rhetorical Theory and Historic Public Address — Idaho State University, 1981.
• B.A., American Studies; B.S., Zoology — Idaho State University, 1977.
• Undergraduate study — St. Peter’s College, 1972–1974.

Academic appointments & educational leadership

• Assistant Director and Visiting Professor, Loyola University Honors Program, New Orleans — 2014–2018. Appointment documentation.
• Visiting MBA Professor, Loyola University, New Orleans — 2016–2018.
• Director of Communications and Marketing, Center of Educational Technologies, Wheeling Jesuit University — 2000–2003. Projects included Foundations of Freedom, PaleoQuest, and NASA’s Classroom of the Future.
• MBA teaching, Wheeling Jesuit University — 1989–1997. Courses included Real Estate Investment, Business and the Media, Executive Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and New Venture Management.
• Lecturer, Georgian Court University — 1983–1985. Courses: Principles of Marketing and Business & Professional Speaking.
• Graduate Student Instructor, The Pennsylvania State University — 1981–1983. Courses included Speech Communications, MBA Business and Professional Speaking, and Media Technologies. Also managed university television and radio operations.
• Graduate Student Instructor, Idaho State University — 1980–1981. Course: Speech Communication.
• College speaking engagements — beginning in 2002.

University and educational board service

• Idaho State University Alumni Board of Directors — 2018–2021.
• MBA Board of Directors, Wheeling Jesuit University — 2001–2003.
• Board of Directors, West Virginia Independent Colleges and Universities — 1997–1998.

Books & selected writing

Books

• America’s Four Republics: The More or Less United States — 2012.
• Economic Home Runs: Effective US Historic Solutions to Current American Challenges — 2011.
• Happy Birthdays USA — 2010.
• Rise of the US Presidency and the Forgotten Capitols — 2008.
• President Who? Forgotten Founders — 2004.

Selected online writing

• Marketing as the Scientific Art of Persuasion — a 2026 retrospective on a theory developed at Penn State in 1981.
• James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and the Preservation of the Declaration of Independence
• Commentary on history and public life — a collection of dated essays and reflections.

Primary-source exhibits & public speaking

President, Historic.us Corporation — primary-source exhibits and public historical programming. Selected engagements and exhibits include:

• Seven Flags of the New Orleans Tricentennial — hosted by the New Orleans Jazz Museum and Louisiana Historical Center for the city’s 300th birthday celebration.
• Rebels with a Cause — traveling exhibit of primary sources relating to America’s founding; established in 1999.
• American Hospitality 1776–1976: Forgotten First Ladies — Democratic National Convention’s PoliticalFest, Philadelphia, 2016.
• America’s Four Republics: The More or Less United States — traveling exhibit unveiled at the Annapolis Continental Congress Festival, November 2012; subsequent presentations included the Museum of Idaho and the George Washington Birthday Celebration in Laredo, Texas, in 2016.
• Statehood and the Civil War — West Virginia Independence Hall, Wheeling, West Virginia, 2016.
• JFK: A Wounded Nation — public primary-source exhibit, New Orleans Mint, 2013.
• Louisiana Bicentennial Exhibit — exhibitor, Memorial Hall, Louisiana State Capitol, April 29–May 6, 2012.
• U.S. Florida Annexation Exhibit — exhibitor and speaker, University of South Florida, 2010; historical coverage: April 30, 1803–February 22, 1821.
• Apollo 11: 40th Reunion — exhibitor and speaker, Space View Park, Titusville, Florida, 2009.
• The Rise of the US Presidency and the Forgotten Capitols — exhibitor and speaker at the Democratic and Republican national conventions, 2008.
• James Monroe Scholarship Award — exhibitor and speaker, Virginia State Capitol, 2003–2009.
• James Monroe Memorial Foundation program — exhibitor and speaker, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, 2005.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center Museum — keynote speaker and exhibitor for the grand opening at Union Station, July 25, 2004.
• The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden — exhibitor and speaker associated with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit, 2004.
• James Madison’s Montpelier — United States Constitution exhibit; exhibitor and speaker, 2004.
• Pennsylvania Society Gold Medal Awards — exhibitor and speaker, Waldorf-Astoria, 2003–2004.
• Samuel and Martha Huntington reinterment ceremony — keynote speaker and exhibitor, 2003. The commemoration included Huntington’s service as president of Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
• PoliticalFest: World’s Fair of Politics — exhibitor and speaker for Rebels With a Vision: Historic Documents of Freedom, Philadelphia Convention Center, 2000.
• Rebels With a Cause — exhibitor and speaker, Carnegie Institute, July 4, 1999.

Historic preservation & real estate development

Real Estate Developer and Historic Preservationist — work beginning in 1977. Acquired, preserved, and redeveloped 33 historically significant properties across five states, including theaters, residences, inns, and taverns.

Selected properties

• Spring Lake Inn — circa 1887, New Jersey.
• Victoria Vaudeville Theater — circa 1904, West Virginia.
• Court House Annex — Adams County, circa 1870, Pennsylvania.
• Honus Wagner Home — circa 1921, Pennsylvania.
• Masonic Hall — circa 1904, Pennsylvania.
• Christ United Presbyterian Church — Pennsylvania.
• Imlay Mansion — circa 1790, New Jersey.
• Lawrencefield Plantation — circa 1845, West Virginia.
• Edinburg Inn — circa 1865, New Jersey.
• Coachman House — circa 1860, Florida.
• Smithburg Inn & Tavern — circa 1780, New Jersey.
• Bank of West Virginia — West Virginia.
• Williams Burns Mansion — circa 1898, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Business, paleontology & educational publishing

ROI.us Corporation

President — Palm Harbor, Florida, 2005–2012. Developed residential and commercial projects in New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Secured $100 million in government bonds and/or financing across these projects.

RE/MAX of Pennsylvania n/w

President — Carnegie, Pennsylvania, 1987–2000. Acquired an underperforming state master franchise and directed its business and marketing development. Annual earned commissions grew from $240,000 to $36 million over twelve years.

Dinosaur Safaris, Inc.

Co-founder — Shell, Wyoming, 1997–2002. Developed a paleontology enterprise associated with a quarry yielding five fully articulated dinosaur specimens. The record includes a Stegosaurus associated with London’s Natural History Museum and a Camarasaurus associated with the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan.

Virtualology & educational publishing

Established an online educational publishing enterprise in 1999 that acquired more than 8,500 domain names to support publication of thousands of student papers. Virtualology exceeded 500,000 daily page views by 2002. After the student-publishing model ended, some domains supported historical and biographical websites, including JohnHancock.org, ElizabethI.com, and ArticlesOfConfederation.com; others were donated to nonprofit educational organizations.

In November 2001, donated the AnneFrank.org domain to the Anne Frank House.

Professional licensing history

Real estate brokerage licensing beginning in 1979 has included Florida, Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Real estate appraisal work in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: 1981–2008.

Civic leadership & public service

• Founder and President, Forgotten Founders Corporation — founded in 2007.
• Co-founder, The Highlands — Ohio County, West Virginia; beginning in 1997.
• Co-founder, James Monroe Birthplace Commission and Scholarship Award — beginning in 2000.
• Board of Directors, Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy — 2001.
• Board of Directors, Deer Valley YMCA Camp — 2001–2002.
• Republican nominee for West Virginia State Treasurer — 1996. Related record: West Virginia Trust Fund litigation.
• Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, West Virginia — 1994.
• Finance Chairman, West Virginia Republican State Committee — 1992–1993.
• West Virginia State Finance Chairman, Bush–Quayle campaign; Republican National Convention delegate — 1992.
• Board of Directors, Mercy Center, Asbury Park, New Jersey — service beginning in 1984.

Selected media appearances & coverage

• Radio: more than 100 talk-show guest appearances.
• Television: History Channel’s Brad Meltzer’s Decoded: The Declaration of Independence; Discovery Channel’s Unsolved History: Plots To Kill Lincoln; The Today Show; Fox News; CNN; and ABC, NBC, and CBS affiliate programming.
• Magazines: U.S. News & World Report, including “Washington? Get in Line,” and History Channel Magazine.
• Newspapers: The New York Times, USA Today, and regional newspapers.

Athletics & coaching

• Basketball coach — Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy and St. Michael’s, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1994–1999.
• Professional basketball player — Amaro Harry’s, Italian Basketball Association, 1978–1979.
• Captain, U.S. basketball team — international tournament, Bologna, Italy, 1978.
• NCAA Division I basketball — Idaho State University; member of the 1977 Elite Eight team.
• College basketball — St. Peter’s College.
• Basketball counselor — Camp St. Regis, East Hampton, with Coach Don Kennedy, and Kutsher’s Sports Academy, New York, with Coach Bee. Assisted professional basketball players including Walt Frazier, Bob Love, and Julius Erving.

Photographs & archival documents

Selected photographs and documents accompanying this professional record. Captions identify the subject or context; source images remain available at their original addresses.

Stanley Y. Klos in an image associated with History Channel’s Brad Meltzer’s Decoded: The Declaration of Independence. Image courtesy of History Channel. Open full-size image or document.

Williams Burns Mansion, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The supplied record identifies Stanley and Naomi Yavneh Klos and dates the image to 2020. Open full-size image or document.

Spring Lake Inn, New Jersey. Archival material relating to preservation of the historic hotel and its commercial use. Open full-size image or document.

Archival material associated with The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden. Open full-size image or document.

RE/MAX of Pennsylvania n/w: historical business performance document. Open full-size image or document.

Bank of West Virginia building: archival collage associated with the preservation record. Open full-size image or document.

Christ United Presbyterian Church, 428 Washington Avenue, Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Open full-size image or document.

Camarasaurus: archival material associated with Dinosaur Safaris, Inc., and the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. Open full-size image or document.

Stegosaurus: archival material associated with Dinosaur Safaris, Inc., and London’s Natural History Museum. Open full-size image or document.

Anne Frank House education team. In November 2001, Stanley Klos donated the AnneFrank.org domain to the Anne Frank House. Open full-size image or document.

Lawrencefield Mansion, West Virginia, circa 1845. Open full-size image or document.

Archival material from the West Virginia State Treasurer campaign. Open full-size image or document.

Archival material associated with the 1994 U.S. Senate campaign. Open full-size image or document.

U.S. Florida Annexation Exhibit, University of South Florida, 2010. Open full-size image or document.

Endorsement document associated with the 1994 U.S. Senate campaign. Open full-size image or document.

Stan Klos lecturing at the Rebels With a Vision exhibit during PoliticalFest 2000 at Philadelphia’s Convention Hall. Open full-size image or document.

Dr. Naomi Yavneh Klos hosting the primary-source exhibit at the Louisiana State Capitol for the 2012 bicentennial celebration. Open full-size image or document.

Archival photograph associated with the property at 230 East Main Street, Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Open full-size image or document.

Victoria Vaudeville Theater, Wheeling, West Virginia, circa 1904. Open full-size image or document.

Masonic Hall, 146 East Main Street, Carnegie, Pennsylvania, circa 1904. Open full-size image or document.

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