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A prominent American politician in the early 20th century, Frank Knox (1874-1944) served as the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936 and then as Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during the majority of World War II – Knox most famously went to Roosevelt’s study in the White House in the early hours to announce that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbour, an act of war that brought the United States into the deadliest conflict in history.
Knox was born in Boston to a family of humble origins, and moved to Michigan in his early years. To help make ends meet, he peddled newspapers aged eleven and in his later years he worked odd jobs to pay his way through his studies at Alma College. However, he left in his senior year to fight in the Spanish American War (1898). He would later be awarded his bachelor of arts degree after having supplemented his studies with coursework. He married his college sweetheart Annie Reid (1875-1958) in 1898. In the next decades, Knox became a newspaper magnate as well as an active Republican supporter, becoming publisher of the Chicago Daily News in 1931.
In 1934, Knox and his wife travelled to Moscow and St Petersburg, and acquired the majority of the works of art later donated to Alma College, including a wide range of Russian works of art. He was appointed by Roosevelt as Secretary of the Navy in 1940. Unfortunately, Knox died in 1944 while still in office. His widow, Annie Reid Knox, founded the Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships programme in his honour to provide funding to students from countries in the British Commonwealth at Harvard University.
Knox was born in Boston to a family of humble origins, and moved to Michigan in his early years. To help make ends meet, he peddled newspapers aged eleven and in his later years he worked odd jobs to pay his way through his studies at Alma College. However, he left in his senior year to fight in the Spanish American War (1898). He would later be awarded his bachelor of arts degree after having supplemented his studies with coursework. He married his college sweetheart Annie Reid (1875-1958) in 1898. In the next decades, Knox became a newspaper magnate as well as an active Republican supporter, becoming publisher of the Chicago Daily News in 1931.
In 1934, Knox and his wife travelled to Moscow and St Petersburg, and acquired the majority of the works of art later donated to Alma College, including a wide range of Russian works of art. He was appointed by Roosevelt as Secretary of the Navy in 1940. Unfortunately, Knox died in 1944 while still in office. His widow, Annie Reid Knox, founded the Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships programme in his honour to provide funding to students from countries in the British Commonwealth at Harvard University.