Automotive Hall of Fame Sources "Semon Emil Knudsen." Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography: The Automobile Industry, 1920–1980. Pages 260–264. "Knudsen, Semon E(mil)." Current Biography, 1974: 204–206. "Semon Knudsen, 85, Dies; Was Prominent Auto Executive." New York Times. (July 9, 1998. Section A, Page 25, Column 3) Article on Knudsen at Pontiac: http://www.pontiacserver.com/mtchiefs1.html References 1912 births 1998 deaths Ford executives General Motors former executives People in the automobile industry Businesspeople from Buffalo, New York American people of Danish descent MIT School of Engineering alumni NASCAR commissioners Detroit Country Day School alumni 20th-century American businesspeople