Background
Knauth was born in New York City on June 10, 1895.
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Victor Knauth
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He graduated from Morristown School (now Morristown-Beard School) in Morristown, New Jersey in 1914. Knauth then attended Harvard University in Cambridge, Master of Arts as a member of the class of 1918.
Career
Knauth served as the editor-in-chief and an owner of The Bridgeport Times-Star, a newspaper published in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He also owned two Northeastern radio stations. He left his studies at Harvard in 1917 to enlist with the 101st Field Artillery Regiment of the American Expeditionary Forces.
Knauth served as a sergeant and then as a lieutenant in France during World War I. He also served as an instructor in field communications at Camp de Souge in Bordeaux, France.
During his military service, Knauth participated in the Chemin des Dames offensive. Knauth began his career in journalism as a reporter at The Springfield Republican, a newspaper published in Springfield, Master of Arts. He then worked as a reporter at the Atlanta Journal Constitution, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The New York World.
In 1926, Knauth joined United Press International as a foreign correspondent. He covered news at their bureau in London, England and then their Moscow bureau.
Returning to the United States. in 1928, Knauth began working in the public relations field
He joined Ivy Lee, the firm that pioneered the field of public relations. Knauth wrote copy to promote the opening of the Empire State Building and the development of Rockefeller Center. These experience with Ivy Lee led Knauth to co-found Keen, Simmons, & Knauth as a public relations firm headquartered in New York City.
In 1938, Knauth acquired a controlling interest in The Brideport Times-Star.
He also served as vice president of the Select Printing Company, a publishing company, and as president of Round Table Press. Knauth purchased WAVZ-1300, an Department of Administration and Management station that aired in New Haven, Connecticut in 1949.
Nine years later, he bought WTRY, an Department of Administration and Management station that broadcast from Troy, New New York (Troy lies in the Albany, New York Capital Region)
Knauth served as president of the Norwalk Hospital Association in Norwalk, Connecticut. He also served on the Boards of Education, Selectman, and Zoning for Wilton, Connecticut.
Knauth married medical doctor Marjorie Lord Strauss on January 21, 1931.
They had two children: John and Mary.
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