Who's Who in

Henry County, 1940

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1940 Who's Who
KNIGHT, DELBERT DALE:
Director Public Relations; b Albion, Ill Sept 19, 1896; s of George William Knight - Susie Drennan; ed Albion HS 1915; Southern Collegiate Inst, Albion Ill 1915-16; m Jessie B Kerr Sept 6, 1924 Dubuque; s Dale Alan; 1915-18 printer Albion Journal, Albion Ill, later foreman & asst editor; 1918 printer, St Louis, Mo; 1919-21 advertising mgr Koken Co’s, St Louis, Mo; 1921-22 asst advertising mgr Friedman, Shelby Branch Inc, Shoe Co, St Louis Mo; 1922-23 direct mail salesman Lambert-Deacon-Hull Printing Co, St Louis, Mo; 1924-27 publicity dir, U of Dubuque; 1927-28 sales mgr Monarch Metal Weather Strip Corp, St Louis; 1928-37 artist’s representative, St Louis, Mo; 1937-39 publicity dir, U of Dubuque; 1939- dir of pub relations Iowa Wes; hon mbr U of Dubuque Blue & White Club, past secy; dir Dubuque Comm Chest 2 years, publicity dir, dir U of Dubuque 1933-37; chmn publicity com Dubuque YMCA 1937-39; 1938 chmn publicity com Dubuque Centennial Celebration; during World War enl July 1918, mbr SC div, Northwestern, disch Dec 1918; Amer Coll Publicity Assn; Rotary; C of C, mbr publicity com; Mount Pleasant Golf & Country Club; Dubuque YMCA, hon mbr; AF&AM 49; Meth Ch; Rep; hobbies: golf, fishing; off Iowa Wesleyan Coll; res 301 N Jefferson, Mount Pleasant.
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From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940.

Transcribed by Alayna Vantiger, March 2021.

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