Background
Knecht, Karl Kae was born on December 4, 1883 in Iroquois, South Dakota, United States. Son of Harry August and Bridget Marie (Fahey) Knecht.
Knecht, Karl Kae was born on December 4, 1883 in Iroquois, South Dakota, United States. Son of Harry August and Bridget Marie (Fahey) Knecht.
Education public and high schools, Freeport, Illinois, 1889-1902, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1903-1906. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Evansville College, 1953.
Newspaper reporter, Freeport, later clerk, I.C. Railroad, Freeport and Chicago, and theatre usher and doorman until 1906. Cartoonist Evansville (Indiana) Courier, Incorporated., 1906-1961, retired as vice president, 1961, remained as director Organizer, 1925, National Association Circus Fans, president 1951. Founder The White Tops, monthly magazine.
Member Evansville City Board of Education, 1942-1943.
Formerly commissioner Evansville Parks and director Mesker Zoo. Dean American newspaper editorial cartoonist, 1951.
Member Evansville City Board of Education, 1942-1943. Member of the American Association of. Club: Evansville (Indiana) Country.
Married Jannie Elwood Moore, August 22, 1918.