World War II and Military Papers of Stanley R. Klion

Stanley Ring Klion was born to Samuel M. and Henrietta R. Klion on May 9, 1923, in Brooklyn, New York. Klion married Janet Tucker, a 1949 graduate of Smith College, on December 16, 1951. Together they raised three daughters: Catherine Beth, Emily Jane, and Jenny Tucker.

A graduate of De Witt Clinton High School (1938), Klion attended Rutgers University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in political science in 1942. While at Rutgers, he was active in debating, served as the manager for both track and cross country, and was a Captain in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). He was elected to Tau Kappa Alpha, the Keepers of the Queen's Traditions, and Crown and Scroll. He was also the business manager of the student paper, the Targum , and editor of the yearbook, Scarlet Letter. His fraternity was Sigma Alpha Mu. Klion also did graduate work at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and at New York University.

Following his graduation from Rutgers University, Klion served the United States Armed Forces during World War II. He was stationed in Fort Benning, Georgia; Camp Croft, South Carolina; and Camp Blanding, Florida. In 1945, he was sent to the Philippines, where he was on staff, planning the invasion of Japan, and coordinated the closing of military installations. While stationed there, Klion organized the Rutgers Club for alumni. He served in the military reserves upon his return to the United States in 1946 until 1958. He achieved the rank of major in the United States Army.

Klion began his civilian career as an industrial engineer, with Sears, Roebuck, and Co. in 1946. In 1955, he joined Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., one of the largest accounting and management consulting firms in the world. He was made a partner in 1960 and executive vice chairman in 1981. He retired from the company in 1986. During his career he authored many articles on bank cost accounting, electronic data processing, and organization.

Klion was a member of the Economic Club of New York, vice chairman of the business committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a trustee and the treasurer of the Greenwich Library, in Greenwich, CT. He also served as chairman of the Wilson Council, a national advisory body to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., and as visiting professor and executive-in-residence at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He also served on various corporate boards and was an advisor to the Secretary of the Navy.

He passed away April 18, 1994, at the age of 71.