Kellner and Lubar families to receive Woodrow Wilson Awards

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution will present the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service to Mary and Ted Kellner and the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship to Sheldon Lubar and Family at a dinner to be held on May 17, at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Allan H. “Bud” Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball and a recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service in 2008, and Timothy Sullivan, president and CEO of Bucyrus International Inc., will serve as dinner co-chairs of the event.
“Woodrow Wilson once wrote that, ‘You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply…with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.’ The lives of the Kellner and Lubar families reflect this spirit. It is a great privilege for the Board of Trustees and the entire Woodrow Wilson Center to honor their accomplishments, particularly in Milwaukee, among their closest peers and many admirers,” said Lee H. Hamilton, president emeritus of the Woodrow Wilson Center.
Ted Kellner serves as executive chairman and CEO of Fiduciary Management, Inc. He and his wife, Mary, support the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, the Greater Milwaukee Committee, the Next Door Foundation, the United Performing Arts Fund, United Way, and the YMCA. They established a family foundation to help provide college scholarships to graduating low-income Milwaukee students as well as other educational programs. A former teacher and guidance counselor, Mrs. Kellner is an active advocate for Wisconsin’s youth. She started Books for Kids, a program providing access to reading material for inner city children. The Kellners are longtime and active supporters of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Their many commitments to the University include participation in the “Wisconsin Naming Partnership,” in support of the University’s School of Business.
Sheldon Lubar is chairman of the investment firm Lubar & Co. His business expertise has been sought by those in the public sector; he was appointed by three U.S. presidents and three Wisconsin governors to address policy challenges. He has served on the board and as chair of the UW System Board of Regents and UW Milwaukee Business School, which was renamed UW-Milwaukee Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business in recognition of his many years of support and service. His wife, Marianne, is actively involved in Wisconsin’s educational and cultural institutions, including The Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Public Library, and the Florentine Opera Company, among others. The Lubars’ children, David, Susan, Joan, and Kris, continue the family legacy of service by supporting organizations such as the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Milwaukee and Minneapolis Jewish Federations, and United Way, among many others.
The Woodrow Wilson Awards recognize leaders in government, business, the arts and science, and beyond who have made significant and lasting contributions to society through their careers, civic leadership, and philanthropy. Since their inception more than ten years ago, the Awards have been presented in major cities across the United States and around the world. The Awards were held for the first time in Milwaukee in 2008, when the Center honored Commissioner Selig as well as Jeffrey Joerres of Manpower Inc. Other individuals who have received the Woodrow Wilson Awards since 1998 include Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Betty Ford, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Barbara Walters, ExxonMobil’s Rex Tillerson, Anne Mulcahy of Xerox Corp., Lester Crown and Family, and Marilyn Carlson Nelson of Carlson Companies, among others.
For more information, visit www.wilsoncenter.org/awards/milwaukee2011.
– BizTimes Milwaukee