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In July 2011 over 450 alumni and families returned to MSOE for a weekend packed with opportunities for reuniting and reminiscing. Attendees enjoyed three fun-filled days of fabulous festivities, food and friendship. Join us again in 2012!
View the photo gallery from 2011 Summer in the City.
Breakfast With the President
Campus Tour
Enjoy a guided tour of MSOE’s campus, including the Kern Center, the President’s residence, the Grohmann Museum and other campus buildings. Wear your walking shoes! Free.
MSOE and MCGHSN Scholarship Luncheon
Following the luncheon, there will be a reception in the MSOE archives located in MSOE’s Walter Schroeder Library. Join MSOE archivist Denise Gergetz in a tour of the archives, featuring the MCGHSN archival collection, which is generously supported by the MCGHSN Archive Preservation Fund. Historical photographs, documents, uniforms, equipment and other items from MCGHSN will be on display. Light refreshments will be served.
Rexnord® Industries Tour
Within process and motion control, it designs, manufactures, markets and services specified, highly engineered mechanical components used within complex systems. Within water management, it designs, procures, manufactures and markets products that provide and enhance water quality, safety, flow control and conservation.
Man at Work Collection Tour
This tour provides an in-depth look at the Eckhart G. Grohmann Collection Man at Work. Spanning the previous four centuries, this collection of nearly 900 paintings and bronzes is united by one common theme: man at work. Free.
Jobs-driven Economy: Checking Reality, Imagining the Future
MSOE’s Rader School of Business will host its annual interactive and information-filled forum on current economic conditions. This year’s focus is on jobs and the role new technologies will play in defining careers of the future. MSOE’s engineering, nursing and business faculty will share their perspectives on emerging trends. Also featured will be a panel discussion with MSOE Regents who will offer their views on our jobs-driven economy. Steven C. Bialek, Ph.D., chairperson of the MSOE Rader School of Business, will serve as forum host. Free.
Raider Reception and Gala honoring Robert A. Wagner ’64
This reception is your chance to unwind after a busy day of activities. Visit with alumni, faculty, staff and friends and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Then enjoy a celebration as we recognize and honor Robert A. Wagner ’64, our 2011 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. Free.
Robert Wagner ’64 has been connected to MSOE since before he could even walk. His father Adolph attended the university before serving in World War I and was a lifelong friend of Karl Werwath, MSOE’s second president and the founder’s son. While he was a student at MSOE, Wagner would even occasionally eat lunch with President (Karl) Werwath. After graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering, Wagner held a variety of positions before joining R&B Wagner in 1968. His father started the company, which creates and manufactures innovative metal products for the fabricating industry, in 1954.
Wagner is passionate about volunteering and helping the community. In addition to serving as an MSOE Regent since 2002, he is a board member of the Salvation Army of Wisconsin, is the finance committee chair of the Wisconsin Arts Board and serves on the acquisitions committee at the Milwaukee Art Museum, among other engagements. “I believe in giving back to the community,” said Wagner.
In his free time, Wagner competes in vintage classes with his 1960 Austin Healey and 1958 Devin Chevrolet. He also is an art and history buff, collecting Civil War memorabilia and American folk art from the 18th and 19th centuries. He enjoys traveling with his wife of 45 years, Jo Ann. They have two grown daughters, Laura and Susan, and one grandson, Robert.
Campus Tour
Historic Milwaukee Sightseeing Cruise - (Event Full)
1 – 2:30 p.m.
Departs from the Edelweiss Dock, 1110 N. Old World 3rd St. (four-block walk from campus)
Ice Skating in the Kern Center
Class of 2001 River Cruise
Departs from the Edelweiss Dock, 1110 N. Old World 3rd St. (four-block walk from campus)
The Silver and Gold Dinner
Members of the Classes of 1961 and 1986 (MSOE and MCGHSN) and their guests are invited to join Dr. and Mrs. Hermann Viets for a special reunion dinner. Reminisce with your classmates about life in college, recall the days spent in labs and classes, and celebrate your many accomplishments since graduation! Cocktails and dinner will be served on the beautiful Grohmann Museum rooftop overlooking downtown Milwaukee. Dietary restrictions can be accommodated. $25 per person.
Bid adieu to friends old and new! Before you take off for Bastille Days, the Miller Park tour or the airport, enjoy a rooftop tailgate. The menu will include burgers, brats, hot dogs, chicken breasts, salads, chips, desserts and assorted beverages. $10 adults, free for children 10 or younger.
Technical Tour of Miller Park - (Event Full)
1 – 2:30 p.m., bus transportation to/from Miller Park, departing from the Grohmann Museum at 12:20 p.m.
This tour focuses on the technical side of Miller Park, including the architecture and HVAC system. See different areas of the ballpark such as the boiler room and the stadium control room. Experience the magnificence of the facility while enjoying an exclusive tour that includes the dugout, luxury suite level, visiting clubhouse, press box, Bob Uecker's broadcast booth and other behind-the-scenes attractions! There will be no game played this day. (Event full - registration can no longer be accepted)
July 14 - 17, 2011
Through Aug. 21, 2011
Milwaukee Mills: A Visual History
The Grohmann Museum at MSOE is home to the world’s most comprehensive art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work during the past 400 years. The museum welcomes visitors to three floors of galleries where a core group of the Eckhart G. Grohmann Collection Man at Work is displayed.
Special exhibitions:
The Emperor’s Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City
The Emperor’s Private Paradise ushers in the Summer of China, so named because the museum will feature four exhibitions on Chinese art, offering a rare opportunity to view objects spanning 5,000 years of China’s history. The museum is one of only three in the world to present The Emperor’s Private Paradise.
This once-in-a-lifetime exhibition features more than 90 objects from the Qianlong Garden in Beijing, never before seen by the public. Murals, paintings, furniture, architectural elements, jades, and cloisonncafé reveal the life and vision of one of history’s most influential rulers, from a place largely cloaked in mystery, and will likely never leave China again.
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Betty Brinn Children's Museum
Dedicated to providing interactive exhibits and educational resources for children from birth through age ten.
www.bbcmkids.org; (414) 290-5437 Brewery Tours
Lakefront:www.lakefrontbrewery.com;
(414) 372-8800 Sprecher:www.sprecherbrewery.com; (414) 964-2739 Miller: www.millerbrewing.com (414) 931-BEER Charles Allis Art Museum
Designed by the prominent Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler as a house museum, this mansion holds Charles and Sarah Allis' Collection featuring French and American paintings. The collection spans 2,000 years and includes original and antique furnishings.
www.cavtmuseums.org; (414) 278-8295 Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin
Where science, discovery, creativity, ingenuity, adventure and technology inspire visitors to turn their dreams into reality. Home to the great lakes schooner Dennis Sullivan. Check Web site for availability.
www.discoveryworld.org; (414) 765-8623 Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater
Explore new frontiers and breathtaking realism in the six-story-tall dome theater. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – The IMAX Experience: Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down the Horcruxes—the keys to Voldemort’s immortality—and destroy them. www.mpm.edu/imax/; (414) 319-4629
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Milwaukee Public Museum
World-class human and natural history museum with exhibits including a walk through European village,
South American rainforest and turn-of-the-century gaslit Milwaukee streets. Schuetzenfest Von Milwaukee Schuetzenfest takes a historical look at Milwaukee's shooting festivals of the 19th century. The exhibit includes 23 locally significant firearms, period photos, replicas of awards and the Milwaukee Sharpshooter's Club flag, and a number of other interesting tidbits of Milwaukee and shooting festival culture. www.mpm.edu; (414) 278-2728 Pabst Mansion EDIBLE EXCESS: 19th Century Victorian Feasting
People’s love of food and drink has always made dining fashionable, but it was the Victorians in the 19th and early 20th centuries who lifted the passion for feasting to new levels of excess in the industrial age. Explore the elaborate etiquette of dining including rules regulating proper table settings, food preparation, menus and behaviors. Cookbooks, menus, advertisements, dinner and glassware, and much more tell the story of a time that ended with the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, and beginning of World War I in 1914. Potawatomi Bingo and Casino Premier blackjack, slots and bingo complex includes theater, bar and restaurants.
www.paysbig.com; (414) 645-6888 Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
The Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum includes furnishings and works of art from the 15th through the 18th centuries. The mansion was originally the family residence of Lloyd R. Smith, president of the A.O. Smith Company. It was designed and built in 1923 by renowned architect, David Adler, in the style of a 16th century Northern Italian villa. It was originally called Sopra Mare, which means "Above The Sea."
www.cavtmuseums.org/; (414) 271-3656
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