Stanley L. Klos

Who is Stanley L. Klos?

Stanley Yavneh "Stan" Klos, a former amateur Italian basketball player, businessman, and historical preservationist. Klos was a U.S. Senate GOP Nominee who challenged Robert C. Byrd for the West Virginia seat in 1994. In 2011 he married Naomi Yavneh Klos, Ph.D. and changed his middle name from "Louis" to "Yavneh," his wife's maiden name. The couple reside in New Orleans, where Dr. Naomi Yavneh Klos is the Director of the Loyola New Orleans University Honors Program.

Klos was born in New York City, New York to Dr. Louis A. Klos, founder of the National Catholic Business Education Association, and Eileen Hundertmark. Klos became interested in historic preservation in his early teens acquiring antiques at flea markets in the 1960s. In the 1970s he turned his pursuits to classic automobiles, in the 1980s preserving historic properties threatened by demolition, and in the 1990s acquiring, researching, and exhibiting historic ephemera.