Austin Eldon "Dutch" Knowlton (July 23, 1909 – June 25, 2003) was a trained architect who spent most of his career in the construction industry.
Although Dutch suffered from dyslexia, he could add long columns of numbers in his head, and used a slide rule to calculate construction bids.
[citation needed] A. E. "Dutch" Knowlton's company specialized in educational, health care and commercial buildings.
[3][5][6][7] That same year, Knowlton gained a majority interest in the Cincinnati Reds, purchasing 15% from William O. DeWitt, Jr. to total 29%.
[9] He raised championship American Saddlebred horses at Emerald Farms, and was a Trustee of the Little Brown Jug Society which runs the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers in Delaware, Ohio.
"[11] University President E. Gordon Gee praised the gift from Knowlton that made it possible for OSU to provide the finest architectural education possible.
A new building designed by the firm of Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects of Atlanta, Georgia, Knowlton Hall, opened for the School of Architecture in the fall of 2004.
[14] Austin Eldon Knowlton married Phyllis Yvonne Coulon of Bowling Green, Ohio, in August 1933 in Wilmette, Illinois.