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Arthur W. Schultz—Santa Barbara, CA.

Arthur W. Schultz is former chief executive of Foote, Cone & Belding Communications, joining the firm as a trainee in 1948 and elected Chairman & CEO in 1970, serving until retirement in 1982. He also served as vice-chair and director of The Chicago Sun-Times Company.

Schultz is former chairman of the Art Institute of Chicago; a member of The President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities, appointed by President Reagan and past chairman of The National Committee to Save America’s Cultural Collection.

A graduate of the University of Chicago and Life Trustee, he was awarded Alumni Service Medal for extraordinary service. Received Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from Rosary College, Illinois.

He served as president of the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago, president of the Cook County School of Nursing; director of the Jewel Companies, Zenith Electronics Corp., Springs Industries; Chicago Crime Commission; Chicago Community Fund; Chicago Lyric Opera; Chicago Council on Foreign Relations; California College of Arts & Crafts; National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property; member of executive committee of the Chicago Committee; President of Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

He is author and co-author of several books and articles; columnist & national lecturer.

A collector of golf books, he established and endowed the Arthur W. Schultz Collection at the University of Chicago.

Schultz was an officer and pilot in Army Air Corp in WW11, serving in China under General Chennault. His is married and has a son & daughter.

July 17, 2011

Lasker records:


 * They go back over 100 years. Company management has changed at least a dozen times. We all wondered at all he was able to do, laughing at some of it and in awe of much. Scores of people and instutions have poured over [pieces of it—John Gunther; Chciago Historical Society, University of Chicago; ColumbiaUniversity; Texas Tech; University of Wisconsin, Lasker Foundatgion; Family members, piub;icatgions like Fortune and Wall Street Journa;

You can imagine how particular Harvard was regarding sources.

Now I’m not going to trace these things for you; or spend any more time on these records. In addition to the “house” files I had access to for years, I have interviewed over 200 people who knew him in various capacities; Have a bibliography of over 250 books I researched. I’m sure I have the most extensive files on the launching of modern advertising in existence and I have offered them to you as is. I have shown portions of them to you and Marty Krugh