David Vogel Uihlein, Sr.

David Vogel Uihlein, Sr. (1920-2010) was an American businessman and heir to the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.^[1][2]

Biography

Early life

David Vogel Uihlein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 27, 1920, to Joseph E. Uihlein and Ilma Vogel.^[3] His grandfather was August Uihlein.^[3] He attended the Milwaukee Country Day School and The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.^[2] He attended the U.S. Brewers Academy in New York City.^[1] In 1940-41, he attended the University of Wisconsin, where he played on the football team.^[2] During the Second World War, he served as an ambulance driver for the American Field Service in Italy, Austria and India.^[1]

Career

In 1949, he purchased Banner Welder Inc. and served as its President.^[1][3] In 1961, he acquired the Oshkosh Brewing Co. in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and ran it until 1969.^[1] In 1972, he joined the Board of Directors of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.^[3] He also served on the Boards of Allen-Bradley, Briggs & Stratton and First Wisconsin Bank.^[1]

Hobbies

He was the founder and President of the Milwaukee chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society.^[1] He actively supported Ducks Unlimited, the Trout and Salmon Foundation and the Nature Conservancy.^[1]

He collected antique cars, especially 1930's Indianapolis 500 race cars, old boats, airplanes, and duck decoys.^[1] A 1925 Bugatti won a blue ribbon in 1989 at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.^[1] In 1995, he founded the Harry Miller Meet.^[1]

Personal life

In 1945, he married Jane Bradley Pettit, whose father had co-founded Allen-Bradley with her uncle, Lynde Bradley.^[2][4] They had a son, David Vogel Uihlein, Jr., and a daughter, Lynde Bradley Uihlein.^[4]

In 1966, he married Margery (Holley) Uihlein, the daughter of George M. Holley, co-founder of Holley Performance Products.^[1]

Death

He died at his home in Mequon, Wisconsin on January 29, 2010.^[1]

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