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Wainwright |
Jonathan Mayhew, III |
United States Army General; Commander in the Philippines During World War II; "The Hero of Bataan" who was Forced to Surrender on Corregidor in 1942 |
November 7, 1946
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Walcott |
Jersey Joe |
Boxer; World Heavyweight Champion, 1951-1952 [Note: On Permanent Loan.] |
September 23, 1956
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Waldman |
Amy T. |
Co-author of the book "We Had Fun and Nobody Died" a memoir by Peter Jest. |
July 31, 2024
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Walesa |
Lech |
Polish Solidarity Movement Leader; Polish President 1990-1995 |
February 3, 2004
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Walker |
Scott |
Milwaukee County Executive, State of Wisconsin Governor (2 terms) |
August 4, 2004
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Walker |
Tonette |
Wisconsin's First Lady and lead for Fostering Futures |
May 23, 2018
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Wallace |
Henry |
Writer, Editor, United States Vice President, 1941-1945; Secretary of Commerce, 1945-1946 |
November 2, 1944
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Walters |
Barbara |
Journalist; Signed while speaking to members of the Milwaukee Press Club at the Newsroom Pub as part of her Audition book tour |
April 29, 2008
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Wanderwell |
Aloha |
Globe-Trotting Adventure Seeker |
April 18, 1905
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Ward |
Stephen J.A. |
1st James E. Burgess Professor of Journalism Ethics in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UW-Madison; Director of the Center for Journalism Ethics; Previous Director of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia-Vancouver; Author of the award-winning The Invention of Journalism Ethics: The Path to Objectivity and Beyond |
January 22, 2009
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Warfield |
David |
Actor |
March 25, 1910
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Warner |
Cy |
Author; Journalist; Locomotive Engineer; Known as the "Poet of the Rockies" |
April 19, 1910
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Warren |
Earl |
Governor of California, 1943-1953; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1953-1969 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.] |
March 29, 1952
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Warwick |
Robert |
Film Actor |
August 14, 1924
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Waters |
Maxine |
U.S. Rep., D-California, speaking at Milwaukee Area Technical College on behalf of presidential candidate John Kerry |
January 10, 2004
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Waxse |
Bennett F. |
Press Club President, 1966-1968 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.] |
January 1, 1970
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Weakland |
Rembert |
Archbishop of Milwaukee; Headliner Award, 1987 |
1987
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Weakland |
Rembert |
Archbishop of Milwaukee; Headliner Award, 1987 [Note: On Permanent Loan.] |
April 16, 1987
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Weaver |
John C. |
President, University of Wisconsin, 1971-1977 |
March 31, 1975
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Webb |
James E. |
Administrator of NASA |
April 17, 1963
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Wegner |
Walter G. |
Press Club President, 1962; Hall of Fame, 1981 [Note: On Permanent Loan.] |
October 15, 1981
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Weisskopf |
Michael |
Senior correspondent for Time magazine; While he was embedded with a U.S. unit in Iraq on December 10, 2003, his right hand was blown off as he tried to throw a grenade from the Humvee in which he was riding. Author of three books. |
October 10, 2007
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Welk |
Lawrence |
Accordionist, Band Leader, and Television Host [Note: On Permanent Loan.] |
June 15, 1949
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Wells |
Robert |
Milwaukee Journal Book Editor, Author; Hall of Fame, 1987 |
October 22, 1987
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Westerberg |
Kurt |
Unknown |
April 13, 1951
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Weston |
Edward Payson |
Walked from Boston to Washington for First Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln; Later Walked from New York to San Francisco |
February 3, 1907
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Wetzel |
Gary G. |
Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Army |
August 14, 2007
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White |
John H. |
Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer for Chicago Sun Times |
October 24, 1983
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Whitehead |
Edward |
Schweppes Beverages Representative |
July 12, 1955
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Whitnall |
C. B. |
Treasurer, City of Milwaukee; Member of the Public Land Commission |
January 31, 1941
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Whitney |
Bill |
CBS News Correspondent |
October 25, 1984
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Wicker |
Tom |
Associate Editor of New York Times; Columnist; Author; Sacred Cat Winner, 1986 |
September 28, 1984
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Wicks |
Ben |
Canadian Cartoonist |
March 10, 1969
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Wild |
Hugh E. |
Air Force Major; Pilot During Bombing Raids over Tokyo, April 1942 |
March 13, 1944
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Wilder |
L. Douglas |
Governor of Virginia; Democratic Presidential Candidate |
November 22, 1991
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Wiley |
Alexander |
United States Senator from Wisconsin, 1939-1962 [Note: On Permanent Loan.] |
September 22, 1953
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Wilk |
Stuart |
Hall of Fame inductee (Oct. 26, 2018) |
October 26, 2018
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Wilkes |
Paul |
Television Producer; Author |
February 25, 1977
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Wilkinson |
Mary |
Wauwatosa Alderperson; Member of Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Commission |
April 18, 1984
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William |
Prince of Sweden |
Prince of Sweden |
October 13, 1997
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Williams |
Juan |
2012 Sacred Cat; journalist at National Public Radio, Fox News, The Washington Post; author |
April 18, 2012
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Williams |
Edwin |
Educator, Writer, Lexicographer |
June 6, 1919
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Williams |
G. Mennen |
Governor of Michigan, 1949-1960; Ambassador to the Philippines, 1968-1969 |
March 3, 1958
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Williams |
Joanne |
Press Club President, 1982 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.] |
October 28, 2011
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Williams |
Joanne |
WITI-TV 6 anchor and reporter, past president of the Milwaukee Press Club; Hall of Fame 2011 |
2011
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Williams-Smith |
Peggy |
President and CEO of Visit Milwaukee |
June 24, 2024
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Willkie |
Wendell |
Powerful Leader of the Internationalist Wing of the Republican Party; Tried to Unseat FDR in 1940 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.] |
October 21, 1940
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Willow |
Jon Anne |
Milwaukee Press Club past president (2007), former owner/editor of Vital Source |
April 16, 2014
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Wills |
Robert |
Former Milwaukee Journal reporter, Milwaukee Sentinel city editor, publisher of the Milwaukee Journal, Vice-Chairman of Journal-Sentinel Inc., and senior vice president of Journal Communications |
2013
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Wills |
Robert |
Milwaukee Sentinel Editor; National President of the Society of Professional Journalists; Hall of Fame, 1993 |
September 19, 2013
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Wilson |
Woodrow |
Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; United States President, 1913-1921 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.] |
November 17, 1910
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Wilson |
James A. |
Milwaukee Braves Pitcher; Pitched No-Hitter in 1954 [Note: On Permanent Loan.] |
February 7, 1954
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Wilson |
Melodie |
News Anchor in Milwaukee [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.] |
1994
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Wilson |
Jim |
New York Times Reporter |
October 25, 1984
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Wilson |
Melodie |
WTMJ-TV 4 and then WITI-TV 6 news anchor; founder, After Breast Cancer Diagnosis; Milwaukee Media Hall of Fame inductee |
February 12, 1994
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Winans |
Edwin B. |
Brigadier General, Commander 64th Infantry Brigade |
June 6, 1919
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Winkler |
Henry |
actor best known for his role in the Happy Days TV series |
February 19, 2011
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Winters |
Shelley |
Theater, Film, and Television Actor [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.] |
March 4, 1973
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Witt |
Gary |
executive director, Pabst Theatre Foundation, named an MVP for the Arts, at the 2012 City Birthday Party |
January 31, 2012
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Wittenberger |
Avery |
Milwaukee Journal reporter; Milwaukee Media Hall of Fame inductee |
October 25, 2002
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Wolf |
John R. |
Prominent Milwaukee Journalist; Press Club President, 1916, 1934-1935 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.] |
January 15, 1937
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Wolfe |
Anna |
2023 Sacred Cat, investigative reporter for Mississippi Today |
December 5, 2023
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Wolke |
Michael S. |
Milwaukee County Sheriff, 1962-1983 |
July 4, 1979
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Wolkomir |
Maurice |
United States Army Counterespionage Agent |
September 4, 1985
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Wolpert |
George |
Public Relations Consultant; Secretary of the Milwaukee Press Club |
April 4, 1979
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Wood |
Leonard |
Major General, United States Army; Congressional Medal of Honor, 1898 |
December 3, 1919
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Woodruff |
Judy |
Broadcast Journalist; Sacred Cat Winner, 1993 |
August 4, 1993
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Woods |
Mattiebelle |
Long-time Milwaukee Courier columnist; named an outstanding woman in Wisconsin journalism by the Press Club (posthumously inducted into Hall of Fame in 2005) |
September 19, 2002
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Woodward |
Robert Upshur "Bob" |
Regarded as one of America's preeminent investigative reporters and non-fiction authors; Washington Post Reporter since 1971 and current Associate Editor; Did much of the reporting on the Watergate Scandal with Carl Bernstein |
December 4, 2009
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Woodward |
Bob |
Washington Post reporter made famous by the investigation of the Watergate scandal. In Wauwatosa for Wauwatosa Public Library lunch. |
December 4, 2009
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Wyckoff |
Walter |
Political Economist |
December 2, 1899
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Wyrick |
Walter S. |
Press Club President, 1930-1931 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.] |
January 1, 1970
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