Dave Schulz

Who was Dave Schulz?

David F. Schulz was a U.S. politician and County Executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 1988 to 1992.

Schulz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father was a tax enforcement supervisor and his mother a secretary at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He graduated from Riverside High School, and received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Purdue University. He later received his master's degree in public management from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He was adjunct professor of civil engineering at Northwestern University.

Throughout the 1970s, Schulz held a variety of positions in both Chicago and Milwaukee city government. In 1977, he joined the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission. However, just 2 years later, he was named an Assistant Budget Director for the City of Chicago, and later, in May 1983, Schulz became the Budget Director for Chicago's newly elected mayor, Harold Washington. Less than one year later, in February 1984, he accepted the same position in the government of Milwaukee County Executive William O'Donnell, bringing him back to his hometown.