VIP Biography for
Richard N. Knowles, Ph.D.
 | Richard N. Knowles, Ph.D. |
| Industry | Consulting |
| Title | President |
| Expertise | Lead a large corporation through a significant transformation; Studied the theories of complex systems leadership and offers both the practical and theoretical knowledge and understanding to help organization through their own transformations; Lectures on Self-Organizing Leadership, Work-Place Safety, Developing dialogue on the tough questions facing organizations, The Process Enneagram© |
| Current Organization | Richard N. Knowles & Associates, Inc. |
| Type of Organization | Consulting |
| Major Product | Helps leaders learn to effectively lead transformative organizational change |
| Area of Distribution | National/International |
| University/Degree | B.A., Chemistry, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 1957; Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1961 |
| Born | August 8, 1935, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Honors & Awards | DuPont Ag Products Crystal Award for Championing Human Potential, 1989; EPA Community Leadership Award, 1995 |
| Published Works | Articles in Barrett-Koehler's Work, The Journal for Quality and Participation, The Economic Development Review and Emergence; Book, "The Leadership Dance"; "The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook Chapter 1, Leadership for Sustainable Enterprise"; 40 US patents including- 3,772,384, Carbonization of Aliphatic Organic Halides with Metallic Alcoholates; 3,764,621, Certain Substituted Methylhenzoic Acids and Substituted Methylayclohexane Carboxylic Acids; 3,705,128, Flame Resistant Polymers Containing Amide Complexes of Metal Salts |
| Affiliations | Center for Self-Organizing Leadership; American Society of Safety Engineers- ASSE; American Chemical Society-ACS (50 year member); Adjunct Instructor, Medaille College, Buffalo, NY, MBA program teaching organizational behavior, systems thinking and leadership, since 2008; Academy of Senior Professionals, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg FL |
| Hobbies & Sports | Reading, bird watching, nature |
| Career Accomplishments | 40 U.S. patents; Highly successful Plant Manager; Helped lead the U.S. chemical industry in sharing worst case scenarios required under the Clean Air Act |
| Work History | 36 years in The DuPont Co., Chemical Manufacturing; Plant Manager 13 years; Last assignment Director of Community Outreach and Emergency Response; Retired 1996; Consultant on organizational transformation; Creator of the Process Ennergram-a model for transformation |
| Children | Elizabeth, Dorothy, Cynthia, Christine (step-daughter); 5 grandchildren |
| Spouse | Claire Elaine Frericks |
| Married | December 31, 1988 |
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