Background
Strachota, Bernard Arthur was born on November 5, 1922 in Milwaukee. Son of Bernard Adam and Martha Wilhelmina (Wollenzein) Strachota.
Strachota, Bernard Arthur was born on November 5, 1922 in Milwaukee. Son of Bernard Adam and Martha Wilhelmina (Wollenzein) Strachota.
Student, University Minnesota, 1942.
Milwaukee district manager Miller Brewing Company, 1950-1957. General sales manager Judge & Dolph, Chicago, 1957-1958. President, general manager Station WRIT/WBCS, Milwaukee, 1958-1977.
Vice president marketing 1st Bank Milwaukee, since 1977.
Past board directors Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau, Charity Epilepsy Center of Mount Sinai Hospital, Friends of Elm Brook Hospital, St. Anthony Hospital, Greater Milwaukee Open. Past president, tournament director Vince Lombardi Memorial Golf Classic. Past vice president, treasurer Milwaukee County Easter Seal Society.
Past president Ascension Lutheran Church, Milwaukee. Past vice chairman Governor Wisconsin Conference Home and Family. Past trustee Warren Spahn Scolarship Foundation Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Member Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (president 1976), Milwaukee Advertising Club (past director), Radio Advertising Bureau, Milwaukee Area Radio Stations, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association Commerce (past chairman), American Legion (president Wisconsin 1968, Neville Dunn Legionnaire of Merit award 1966, Distinguished Service award Cudworth Post 1967) Clubs: North Hills Country, Variety, Shriners.
Married LaVerne Elizabeth Conrad, February 23, 1946. Children– Lynn Louise Strachota Fandek, James Conrad, Mark Bernard.