Construction of the Fluno Center
The Fluno Center is named in honor of Jere and Anne Fluno of Lake Forest, Illinois, who generously made a gift of $3 million toward the center's construction. Mr. Fluno, a 1963 graduate of the Wisconsin School of Business, is Retired Vice Chairman and Director of W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Other Major Gifts
- Joanne Howard, BBA '62, MBA '63, Managing Director with the Dresdner RCM Global Investors, and Roy Howard, BBA, '64, retired health care executive, who gave $750,000 for the first floor auditorium
- Irwin F. Smith, BS '62, MBA '64, Founding Partner of Columbus Circle Investors, Stamford, who gave $750,000 for the top floor banquet and reception room
- The Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family Foundation by John Bolz, BS Letters and Science '50, and Robert Bolz, BS Engineering '44, of Madison, who made a $350,000 commitment to the center for an executive classroom
- William Trukenbrod, BBA '61, Executive Vice President, The Northern Trust Company, Chicago, who gave $300,000 for an executive classroom in memory of his father, W. Karl Trukenbrod, and his grandfather, George C. Sellery
- John J. Oros, B.A. in Business Administration, emphasis Marketing, Wisconsin School of Business '71, Chairman and CEO of Financial Guarantee Advisors, and Anne W. Oros, attended UW-Madison School of Social Work, made a generous financial commitment for the executive dining room
- Kenneth B. Wackman, B.S. in Accounting at UW-Madison '35, donated a major gift for the courtyard
Other Sponsors
- Ford
- MGI
Fluno Center exterior photograph courtesy of Jeff Miller / UW-Madison University Communications.