Edward Weidner

Who is Edward Weidner?

Edward Weidner was an educator, public administration scholar and founder of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Weidner Center. Edward W. Weidner was born July 7, 1921, in Minneapolis, the second of two children of Lillian and Peter Weidner. He attended public schools and graduated from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis in 1939. His children enjoyed exposure to world cultures during their early years. Ed and Jean followed his education and public-service career to postings around the globe throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Edward W. Weidner began his distinguished academic career as a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he also competed the M.A., and Ph.D. in political science, in 1946. He first pursued his interest in public administration in graduate school, when he worked as a research associate for the National Municipal League. He also did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin.