Richard p knerr biography of martin

          Fullname: Wallace Luther Knerr · Born: 8/21/ in Denver, PA · College: Muhlenberg · Debut: 4/17/ · Died: 3/27/

          Richard Knerr and his partner, Arthur Kelso Melin, developed the hula hoop and the Frisbee fads in America..

          Los Angeles Times (CA) - January 17, 2008

          Deceased Name: Richard Knerr, 1925 - 2008 Co-founder of toy firm Wham-O, maker of the Hula Hoop and Frisbee

          Richard Knerr, co-founder of Wham-O Inc., which unleashed the granddaddy of American fads, the Hula Hoop, on the world half a century ago along with another enduring leisure icon, the Frisbee, has died.

          He was 82.  

          Knerr died Monday at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia after suffering a stroke earlier in the day at his Arcadia home, said his wife, Dorothy.

          Wham-O creators Richard P. Knerr and Arthur K. "Spud" Melin, hamming it up for the camera during a LIFE magazine photoshoot.

        1. Wham-O creators Richard P. Knerr and Arthur K. "Spud" Melin, hamming it up for the camera during a LIFE magazine photoshoot.
        2. The editors of this pictorial history searched the photographic records of the Army Air. Forces, the Signal Corps, the National Archives, the Smith- sonian.
        3. Richard Knerr and his partner, Arthur Kelso Melin, developed the hula hoop and the Frisbee fads in America.
        4. The purpose of the memo is to obtain subject matter expert coordination for public release of the attached document and.
        5. Richard P. Hallion (London: Brassey's Defence Publishers, ).

          6.  

          With his boyhood best friend, Arthur "Spud" Melin, Knerr started the company in 1948 in Pasadena. They named the enterprise Wham-O for the sound that their first product, a slingshot, made when it hit its target.

           

          A treasure chest of dozens of toys followed that often bore playful names: Superball, so bouncy it seemed to defy gravity; Slip 'N Slide and its giggle-inducing cousin the Water Wiggle; and Silly String, which was much harder to get out of