Knowles's brother, Robert P. Knowles, served as President Pro Tempore of the Wisconsin Senate during his last two terms as Governor and during the first four years of Governor Patrick Lucey's administration from 1971 to 1975. After leaving the governor's chair, Knowles became chairman of Heritage Wisconsin Corporation, a Milwaukee bank holding company. Personal life Son of Warren P. and Anna D. Knowles, Knowles was a 1926 graduate of River Falls High School (side note Warren P. Knowles Sr., was an 1897 graduate of RFHS). During his high school days Knowles was a standout athlete both on the football field and basketball court. During his senior year of high school, his team won the 1925 Wisconsin State Football Championship and placed second in the Wisconsin State Basketball Tournament losing to Stevens Point in the lowest scoring championship game in the State's history, 9–7. He was recognized in the River Falls Wildcat Athletic Hall of Fame with a Distinguish Citizen Award. In 1943 he married Dorothy Guidry, whom he later divorced in 1968. Knowles died after suffering a heart attack while participating in the Governor's Fishing Opener, an event he helped organize 25 years earlier. His body was donated to the Medical College of Wisconsin. Honors Wisconsin's Stewardship Fund, created "to preserve valuable wildlife habitat and natural areas, protect water quality and fisheries, and expand opportunities for outdoor recreation" was renamed the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship Program in 1993. In 1994, Knowles was inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame. References External links 1908 births 1993 deaths County supervisors in Wisconsin Republican Party governors of Wisconsin Lieutenant Governors of Wisconsin Republican Party Wisconsin state senators 20th-century American naval officers United States Navy personnel of World War II People from River Falls, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Law School alumni Military personnel from Wisconsin Wisconsin lawyers 20th-century American politicians Carleton College alumni People from New Richmond, Wisconsin 20th-century American lawyers