[1] Died at the "Governor's Open" annual fishing tournament.
Father: Warren P. Knowles
Mother: Anna D. Knowles
Brother: Robert Pierce Knowles (Wisconsin State legislator, b. 1916, d. 1985)
Wife: Dorothy Guidry (b. 11-Mar-1917, m. 1943, div. 1968)
University: Carleton College (1930)
Law School: University of Wisconsin Law School (1933)
Governor of Wisconsin (4-Jan-1965 to 4-Jan-1971)
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (1961-63)
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (1955-59)
Wisconsin State Senate 10th (1941-55, succeeded by his brother)
Wisconsin State Official St. Croix County Board (1936-41)
American Bar Association
American Legion
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Kiwanis Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars