Kurtis Froedtert
Kurtis R. Froedtert (1888?-1951) was a
United States industrialist and benefactor. Froedtert was the head of theFroedtert Grain and Malting Company ofMilwaukee, Wisconsin from 1915 to his death. His company processed germinated barley intomalt , primarily for the use of thebrewing industry. In its time, Froedtert Malting Company was the largest such firm in the world.Although Froedtert originally planned to attend medical school, his father's health problems compelled him to stay close to home. He took over the family's malt company in 1915 after his father's death.
After
World War II , Froedtert branched out into real estate development, developing the now-defunct Northgate and Southgate malls as well as Westgate, which was soon renamedMayfair Mall .Upon his death in 1951, Froedtert's will established a trust which designated $11 million dollars to go towards the creation of what would become Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital.
External links
* [http://www.froedtert.com/HealthResources/ReadingRoom/FroedtertToday/September2005Issue/ADreamComeTrue.htm Biography] from
Froedtert Hospital
*Gurda, John. [http://www.retrocom.com/retromilw/southgate.htm "In 1951, Southgate changed shopping"]Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ,December 5 ,1999
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