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'', March 22, 2009
Biography
Early life
Lynde Bradley Uihlein was born in
Milwaukee
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,
Wisconsin
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, in 1945. Her mother was
Jane Bradley Pettit
Jane Bradley Pettit (1918-2001) was an American philanthropist. '', a philanthropist. Her 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. Miller ...
, co-founder of
Allen-Bradley
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and the
Bradley Foundation
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with her granduncle,
Lynde Bradley Lynde Bradley (August 19, 1878 – February 8, 1942), the brother of Harry Lynde Bradley, was the co-founder of the Allen-Bradley Company and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.
Bradley was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended Milwauk ...
. Her father was
David Vogel Uihlein Sr.
David Vogel Uihlein Sr. (July 27, 1920 – January 29, 2010) was an American businessman and heir to the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.
, heir to the
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and once the largest producer of beer in the United States. Its namesake beer, Schlitz (), was known as "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" and was adve ...
. Her paternal great-grandfather was
August Uihlein
August Uihlein (1842–1911) was a German-American brewer, business executive and horse breeder.
Early life
August Uihlein was born Georg Karl August Ühlein in 1842 in Wertheim am Main, Grand Duchy of Baden, which is now in Germany. He had a bro ...
Uline
Uline is a privately held American company which offers shipping and other business supplies. It was founded in 1980 by Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein. It has more than 8,000 employees and is headquartered in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. It has ...
founder
Richard Uihlein
Richard Ellis Uihlein ( ; born 1945) and Elizabeth Uihlein are American billionaire businesspeople, founders of Uline and conservative donors. Richard is also an heir to the Schlitz brewing fortune.General Binding Corporation
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founder
Edgar Uihlein
Edgar John Uihlein Jr. (October 28, 1916 – May 19, 2005) was an American businessman and the co-founder of General Binding Corporation.
Early life
Uihlein was the son of Edgar John Uihlein Sr. (1877–1956) of Lake Bluff, Illinois, who was a vi ...
. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history and a master's degree in social welfare, both from the
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
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.
Philanthropy
In 1990, Uihlein founded the Brico Fund, a non-profit grant-making organization initially focused on feminism, which expanded to include environmentalist and progressive projects in general, and focusing on the state of Wisconsin. Brico Fund is also known as the Astor Street Foundation.
Uihlein has supported
EMILY's List
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and
NARAL Pro-Choice America
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, and serves on the Boards of the
League of Conservation Voters
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(both the non-profit and associated political 527 Action Fund), and the
Milwaukee Art Museum
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Location and Visit
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. An environmentalist, she also supports Midwest Environmental Advocates, Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Fondy Food Market, Growing Power, Walnut Way, Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service, and Wisconsin Wetlands Association. She operates a community-supported agriculture project, the "Afterglow Farm", north of Milwaukee, including The Kitchen Table Project. She has donated more than US$2.6 million to her alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.Lynde B. Uihlein gift supports UW Law School, UW–Milwaukee joint water initiative Sept. 7, 2011
She is a
Democrat
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Politics
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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, and has supported
Al Gore
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,
John Kerry
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, and
Barack Obama
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.
Personal life
Uihlein inherited a parcel of land from her grandparents, Joseph and Ilma Uihlein, in
Port Washington, Wisconsin
Port Washington is the county seat of Ozaukee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on Lake Michigan's western shore east of Interstate 43, the community is a suburb in the Milwaukee metropolitan area 27 miles north of the City of Mil ...
. In January 2009, she bought of land from the former Squires Country Club. She has one daughter, Sarah Zimmerman, who currently serves as president of the Brico Fund.