As the Milwaukee Bucks professional basketball team enters its 43rd season, owner Herb Kohl celebrates his 26th season as President of the 10th winningest franchise in NBA history (seventh winningest among current franchises). Kohl purchased the team on March 1, 1985, from Jim Fitzgerald, ensuring it would remain in Milwaukee.
The National Basketball Association originally awarded the franchise to a Milwaukee group of investors - headed by Wesley D. Pavalon
and Marvin L. Fishman - called Milwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. on January 22, 1968. Pavalon and Fishman were named President and Executive Vice President, respectively, as the franchise was incorporated on February 5, 1968.
An application from Milwaukee Pro was registered with the Wisconsin Department of Securities for the sale of 300,000 shares of common stock to Wisconsin residents at $5 per share. Because the issue caught public fancy, an additional 125,000 shares were offered when the stock opened on the over-the-counter market on April 24, 1968.
On the basketball side of the operation, the team went through both the college and expansion draft under the watchful eye of the team's first head coach, Larry Costello.
A Janesville, Wisconsin, businessman, Jim Fitzgerald served as a member of the Board of Directors of Milwaukee Professional Sports and Service beginning in 1973. He assumed his position as Chairman of the Board and President of the Bucks in November of 1976 and held that position until the sale of the franchise to Kohl in the spring of 1985.
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New hires at Milwaukee Bucks Inc.
Milwaukee Bucks Inc. Activity on LinkedIn
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Milwaukee Bucks Inc. has a new Sales Representative
Kristina Filipovic is now Sales Representative
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Milwaukee Bucks Inc. has a new Sales Associate
Hans Goldenberg is now Sales Associate, was Student at Univeristy of Wisconsin Whitewater
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Milwaukee Bucks Inc. employee update:
Hans Goldenberg is now Sales Associate, title was previously Student at Univeristy of Wisconsin Whitewater
