Nelson Stuart Knaggs

Background

Knaggs, Nelson Stuart was born on March 31, 1907 in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. Son of John Nelson and Carolynn (Pagenheardt) Knaggs.

Education

Student, Davis and Elkins College, 1925-1927; Doctor of Laws, Davis and Elkins College, 1956; student, University Cincinnati, 1928-1929, 33-34; Doctor of Humane Letters, University Cincinnati, 1971.

Career

Research chemist, Hilton-Davis Chemical Company, Cincinnati, 1933-1941; director foreign division, Hilton-Davis Chemical Company, Cincinnati, 1941-1948; vice president marketing and advertising, Hilton-Davis Chemical Company, Cincinnati, 1948-1971; senior vice president, Hilton-Davis Chemical Company, Cincinnati, 1971-1972; president, Knaggs/World Enterprises, Inc., Cincinnati, from 1972. Vice president Thomassett Color Company, Cincinnati, 1954-1972. Chairman of the Board Nikko Inn, Inc., Ohio, 1962-1980.

Director Amar Dye-Chem, India, 1956-1959, Spectrum Exploration & Mining Company, South Africa.

Achievements

• Nelson Stuart Knaggs has been listed as a noteworthy chemical company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Adventures in man's first plastic;: The romance of natural waxes

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  • 1 Adventures in Man's First Plastic the Romance of Natural Waxes
  • Lost in the Amazon: Inspired by an expedition to the Amazon, October 1945

Membership

Trustee Davis and Elkins College, 1970-1976. Board directors Cincinnati Museum Natural History, vice president, from 1948. Board directors, vice president Cincinnati Council World Affairs.

Vice president International Visitors Center, Cincinnati. Expeditions to Amazon River Basin, Center American, Mexico, India, Nepal, Cambodia, Seychelles Islands, Diamond Exploration, South Africa. Member American Chemical Society, Engineering Society Cincinnati, Cincinnati Literature Society, Cincinnati Chamber of C. World Trade Club, (president 1945-1947), Explorers Club (director 1959-1961), Queen City Club (board governors 1978-1987).

Clubs: Queen City (Cincinnati) (board governors from 1978), Cincinnati Travel (Cincinnati) (director from 1947, president 1947-1950, 73-77), Foreign Trade (Cincinnati) (president 1943-1945), Cincinnati Literature. Explorers (New York City) (director 1959-1961). World Trade.

Connections

Married Esther Aneshansel, July 19, 1929 (deceased May 1964). Children– Nelson Son of (deceased September 1987), James F., David R. Married Marielle Seidel, November 23, 1976 (deceased September 1986).

Married Shirley K. Krueger, September 1988.

Father:

(deceased September Knaggs

Father:

John Nelson Knaggs

Mother:

Carolynn (Pagenheardt) Knaggs

Spouse:

Marielle Seidel

Spouse:

Shirley K. Krueger

Spouse:

Esther Aneshansel

child:

Nelson Son of Knaggs (deceased September 1987)

child:

James F. Knaggs

child:

David R. Knaggs