Background
Her mother was Jane Bradley Pettit, a philanthropist. Her father was David Vogel Uihlein, Senior, heir to the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.
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Lynde Bradley Uihlein
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Education
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Career
Lynde Bradley Uihlein is an American heiress and philanthropist. Her paternal great-grandfather was August Uihlein. Her brother is David Vogel Uihlein, Junior., Vice Chairman of the Bradley Foundation.
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.
Philanthropy
In 1989, she founded the Brico Fund, a feminist non-profit organization. She has supported EMILY"s List and National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League Pro-Choice America.
She serves on the Boards of the League of Conservation Voters and the Milwaukee Art Museum. 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 United States$2.6 million to her alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is a Democrat, and has supported First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama. She has also supported EMILY"s List and National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League Pro-Choice America.
Personal life
In January 2009, she bought 25 acres of the former Squires Country Club.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Democratic party