renowned, Grammy-award-winning cellist
August 19, 2010
Minnesota Wildlife Artist; Won the Federal Duck Stamp Competition Twice
November 23, 1980
Music Director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
June 3, 1988
United States Army Lieutenant General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for Civil War Valor; Father of Douglas MacArthur [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
April 29, 1907
Milwaukee Brewers manager; former manager for Oakland Athletics and player for Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos, and Toronto Blue Jays
June 10, 2009
American Sculptor
April 14, 1986
Manager, Philadelphia Athletics, 1901-1950
September 15, 1924
Irish Ambassador to United States, 1929-1937
June 8, 1931
Founder of Famous Milwaukee Restaurant
June 8, 1977
Reporter, copy editor, and headline writer: Sheboygan Press, Chicago Daily News, Milwaukee Journal, Melbourne Herald (Australia), Durban Daily News (South Africa); Hall of Fame inductee
October 10, 2003
Mayor of Milwaukee, 1960-1988 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
January 29, 1964
Headed the Journal Company for 53 years; Hall of Fame, 1983; Headliner Award, 1963 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
December 14, 1977
Colonel, Wisconsin National Guard; First Trans-Pacific Flight [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
September 13, 1947
German Diplomat; Ambassador to United States, 1925
April 3, 1927
Manion was the operator of Landmarks Gallery and a long-time, enthusiastic member of the Milwaukee Press Club. She served the Club in numerous ways, including as co-chair of a number of City of Milwaukee Birthday Parties. Manion helped preserve and restore the club’s legacy. When the historic signature plaque collection needed cleanup, Landmarks Gallery handled that important project and others.
September 22, 2020
President of National Public Radio; Press Secretary to Senator Robert Kennedy
February 13, 1980
American Actor
March 29, 1917
Magazine Writer
April 3, 1962
New York Outfielder; Won the Triple Crown in 1956 [Note: On Permanent Loan.]
January 23, 1957
Pulitzer Prize winner from Madison (for his biography of Bill Clinton); associate editor of The Washington Post; Sacred Cat; son of Hall of Fame inductee Elliott Maraniss
April 5, 2001
Pulitzer Prize winner from Madison (for his biography of Bill Clinton); associate editor of The Washington Post; Sacred Cat; son of Hall of Fame inductee Elliott Maraniss
2001
Cartoonist; Press Club President, 1955-1959; Hall of Fame, 1990 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
November 11, 1960
Author and Columnist
November 20, 1922
President and CEO of Marcus Corp.; Headliner Award, 1985
April 21, 1985
President and CEO of Marcus Corp.; Headliner Award, 1985
September 23, 2014
chairman of the board, the Marcus Corp.; Knights of Bohemia
2014
Mexican Ambassador to United States
March 26, 1979
Milwaukee City Clerk
October 25, 1978
Member, House of Lords
February 21, 1934
2019 Media Hall of Fame inductee; Milwaukee PBS and producer of Black Nouveau; producer at Howard University in Washington, D.C.; Maryland Public Television
November 1, 2019
United States Congressperson; Speaker of the House, 1947-1949 and 1953-1955
September 24, 1947
Professional Tennis Player
September 21, 1998
Vice President of Marshall Field & Co.; Headliner Award, 1975
April 13, 1975
Director, Center on Religion and the Professions, U of Missouri; Director, Religion Newswriters
December 8, 2010
Editorial Cartoonist Especially Noted for Work During World War II; Won Pulitzer Prizes in 1945 and 1959
November 4, 1945
Surgeon; Co-Founder of Mayo Foundation
July 24, 1928
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-1918; Senator from California, 1933-1939
April 18, 1917
President of Ireland; Attorney; Former Television Journalist
August 20, 2005
Professional Baseball Player; Manager of the Washington Senators
July 13, 1955
U.S. Senator from Arizona; presidential candidate; signed at Martin Luther High School in Greendale during a campaign stop in Milwaukee
April 29, 2008
Wisconsin governor; speaking at Press Club's annual meeting
September 20, 2001
Milwaukee County District Attorney
December 2, 1994
United States Senator from Minnesota, 1959-1971; Presidential Candidate, 1968, 1972, 1976 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
November 14, 1958
United States Senator from Wisconsin, 1946-1957 [Note: On Permanent Loan.]
March 17, 1957
Founder and Publisher of Lake County Publications; Hall of Fame, 2008
October 17, 2008
Author of Mystery and Suspense Novels
October 9, 1981
Hall of Fame inductee; senior vice president of Journal Communications and a member of its board of directors
October 22, 2004
Unionist member of the Northern Ireland Assembly; in Milwaukee for Irish Fest
August 19, 2010
Anchor at WTMJ for 22 Years; Producer of Documentaries; Hall of Fame, 1990
February 28, 1989
Chicago Cartoonist, Noted for Cartoons of Mid-Western Rural Life
March 1, 1904
Dean of Marquette University College of Journalism
June 22, 1984
Milwaukee Journal Photographer; Professor of Journalism
October 25, 1983
NBC News Commentator; Host of Monitor and Here and Now
April 1, 1969
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel sports reporter and columnist; author of The Ultimate Super Bowl Book
September 16, 2016
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel sports reporter (Green Bay Packers coverage); Knights of the Golden Quill
2016
Milwaukee comedian, actor, producer
April 7, 2011
2019 Media Hall of Fame inductee; founded Milwaukee Neighborhood Service (NNS); investigative reporter, The Chicago Reporter, WBBM-AM Radio; WBBM-TV
November 1, 2019
McGraw-Hill Publishing Executive
September 20, 1989
Marquette University Basketball Coach; Led Marquette to Their Only National Title [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
November 12, 1975
Comedian and Actor
April 18, 1956
founder of Lake Country Publications; member of Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame; inducted into Milwaukee Media Hall of Fame
October 17, 2008
Superintendent of Milwaukee Public School System
October 18, 1983
President and CEO of Wisconsin Electric Power Co.; Headliner Award, 1986
April 13, 1981
Breakfast Club Radio Show Host; Television Master of Ceremonies; Graduated from Marquette University, 1930; Milwaukee Sentinel Radio Editor, 1940-1941 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
October 22, 1954
Dr. Demond A. Means currently serves as Superintendent of Schools for the Mequon-Thiensville School District, having been appointed to the position in 2007
January 13, 2016
Hall of Fame inductee (Oct. 26, 2018)
October 26, 2018
Chinese Visitor
February 8, 1978
2019 Media Hall of Fame inductee; broadcaster at Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) and host of "The Larry Meiller Show"
November 1, 2019
Former creative director at Milwaukee advertising agencies; founder of Color Ink in Sussex; accomplished fine artist
April 15, 2005
Metropolitan Opera Tenor
December 4, 1947
2015 Press Club Gridiron Headliner, Milwaukee philanthropist; Mellowes has overseen more than $13 million in charitable contributions made in recent years by the Charter Manufacturing Company Foundation. During her career, she has chaired seven nonprofit boards, including the United Way of Greater Milwaukee, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Columbia St. Marys and the Medical College of Wisconsin.
April 15, 2015
Master of ceremonies, Gridiron 2003; actor (Julia, Animal House, etc. and TV such as Seinfeld, Hillstreet Blues, Touched by an Angel, Star Trek-Voyager, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
April 26, 2003
Author of Portraits
March 18, 1949
Photojournalist, Milwaukee Journal; Hall of Fame, 2009
October 23, 2009
long time and award winning photographer for the Journal, Sentinel, and Journal Sentinel; Hall of Fame inductee 2009
2009
Cudahy native, chief Pentagon correspondent, NBC News
April 8, 2004
Hall of Fame inductee; CNN reporter and White House correspondent; NBC reporter and Pentagon chief correspondent
2016
Correspondent for NBC News
2004
Lieutenant General, United States Army; Congressional Medal of Honor, 1866
November 3, 1904
President, Miller Brewing Company [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
April 7, 1905
long time Milwaukee TV news anchor; channels 4, 6, 12, Hall of Fame 2011
October 28, 2011
Milwaukee tourism and convention organization; named MVO at 2012 City Birthday Party
January 31, 2012
Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, 1961-1963
April 4, 1962
Author; Headliner Award, 1997
April 10, 1997
Secretary of Labor, 1953-1961
October 30, 1958
Miss America, 1959; Television Actor and Personality
February 24, 1959
Owners of Lottie's Letter Service; Creditors to the Milwaukee Press Club
March 14, 1984
United States Senator and Presidential Candidate, 1984 [Note: On Permanent Loan.]
October 25, 1984
UW-Milwaukee chancellor
April 15, 2015
Professional Baseball Player for the Milwaukee Brewers [Note: On Permanent Loan.]
April 16, 1977
Singer, Band Leader
March 30, 1950
Philadelphia Enquirer Journalist; Pulitzer Prize Winner
March 15, 1981
Congresswoman representing Milwaukees 5th district; speaking at Newsmaker Luncheon on health care
August 28, 2009
contributing editor of Antiques Trade magazine; Wisconsin native and author of 18 books on antiques
June 4, 2006
Actor and Singer Famous for Role in Showboat
October 15, 1963
Author of Theodore Roosevelt biographies
October 8, 2002
Federal Duck Stamp Artist
September 16, 1984
United States Senator from Oregon, 1945-1969
October 8, 1959
