American
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** American ancestry, p ...
businessman, heir, and philanthropist.Jane Pettit was philanthropist beyond compare ''
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Milwaukee Magazine
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'', 1/31/2008 His maternal grandfather was
Harry Lynde Bradley
Harry Lynde Bradley (January 5, 1885 – July 23, 1965), the brother of Lynde Bradley, was the co-founder of the Allen-Bradley Company and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. He "became deeply involved in conservative causes", John J. Mille ...
, co-founder of
Allen-Bradley
Allen-Bradley is the brand-name of a line of factory automation equipment owned by Rockwell Automation. The company, with revenues of approximately US $6.4 1,000,000,000 (number), billion in 2013, manufactures programmable logic controllers ( ...
and the
Bradley Foundation
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, commonly known as the Bradley Foundation, is an American charitable foundation based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that has been one of the most influential funders of the conservative movement. The foundation ...
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company is an United States, American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was once the largest producer of beer in the United States. Its namesake beer, Schlitz (), was known as "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" ...
. His paternal great-grandfather was
August Uihlein
Georg Karl August Uihlein (August 25, 1842 – October 11, 1911) was a German-Americans, German-American brewing, brewer, business executive, and horse breeder.
Early life
August Uihlein was born Georg Karl August Ühlein in 1842 in Wertheim am ...
Lynde Bradley Uihlein
Lynde Bradley Uihlein (born 1945) is an American heiress and philanthropist. ''
Democratic philanthropist.
Career
An architect, he is the president of Uihlein-Wilson Architects, a real estate company. He has served as vice chairman of the
conservative
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Bradley Foundation
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, commonly known as the Bradley Foundation, is an American charitable foundation based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that has been one of the most influential funders of the conservative movement. The foundation ...
since November 2006.
Philanthropy
He chairs the ''David & Julia Uihlein Charitable Foundation''. He sits on the board of trustees of the
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music is an independent music school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It teaches classical, jazz, rock, folk, and blues and hosts musical concerts throughout the year. It is housed in a Neoclassical-style mansion built in ...
.
Personal life
In June 1974, he married Julia Pickard Aring.Weekend Weddings Usher In June: Aring-Uihlein ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', June 2, 1974