Background
Schilke, Neil William was born on January 30, 1934 in Tobias, Nebraska, United States. Son of Godfrey H. and Alice Mildred (Mapes) Schilke.
Schilke, Neil William was born on January 30, 1934 in Tobias, Nebraska, United States. Son of Godfrey H. and Alice Mildred (Mapes) Schilke.
Midland College (Bachelor of Arts, 1958). College of William & Mary (Bachelor of Laws, 1961). Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, Law Review, 1960-1961.
Assistant resident counsel Phillips Petroleum Company, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1961-1962. Partner Sidner, Svoboda, Schilke, Thomsen, Holtorf & Boggy, Fremont, Nebraska, since 1962. Instructor law Midland Lutheran College, since 1964.
Board directors Weldon Industries, Oklahoma City, First State Bank, Fremont.
Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association, Fremont, 1963-2007, Salvation Army, Fremont, since 1965. Board directors Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, 1974-1986, chairman, 1985-1986. Board directors Nebraska Tennis Association, 1976, 88-2001, president, 1991-1993.
Board directors Missouri Valley Tennis Association, 1990-2001. Vice president United States Tennis Association Committee, 1997. Trustee Nebraska Softball Foundation, 1996-2005.
Member Nebraska Bar Association (committee chairman 1968-1986), Council School Attorneys (director 1981-1983), Fremont Golf Club (director, president 1971-1975), Kiwanis (director 1972-1975).
Avocations: tennis, basketball, reading, horses, gardening. Admitted Nebraska Tennis Hall of Fame, 1987.
Married Bonnie Gayle Yates, August 24, 1958. 1 child, Lisa K.