Klion, Stanley R., 1923-1994.

Stanley Ring Klion was born on May 9, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Samuel M. and Henrietta R. Klion. He married Janet Tucker, a 1949 Smith College graduate, on December 16, 1951 and together raised three daughters. A graduate of De Witt Clinton High School (1938), Klion attended Rutgers College, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in political science in 1942. Following his graduation, Klion served the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II. He was stationed in Fort Benning, Georgia; Camp Croft in South Carolina; and Camp Blanding in 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 in the Pacific, Klion organized the Rutgers Club for alumni. He served in the military reserves upon his return to the United States in 1946 until 1958, achieving the rank of major in the U.S. Army. Klion began his civilian career as an industrial engineer, with Sears, Roebuck, & Co. in 1946. In 1955, he joined Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & 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. Stanley Klion passed away 18 April 1994, at the age of 71.

From the description of Papers, 1942-1958. (Rutgers University). WorldCat record id: 230724023

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