Karl Stefan

(1884-1951) lived in Omaha and Norfolk. Businessman, radio commentator, politician, served nine consecutive terms in U.S. Congress where he was known for his bipartisan efforts, his numerous appearances before Congressional committees, his success in road improvement funding for the farm states; was conversant in several foreign languages and served as official adviser to United Nations Conference in San Francisco in 1945. Consult New York Times obituary, October 3, 1951, p. 33 and J. R. Johnson, Representative Nebraskans (Johnsen Publishing, 1954) 171-176 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, October 29, 1972, pp. 7, 9 and Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989) 1867 and Nebraska History, Vol 81 (Summer 2000) 74-82.

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