MUTH HONORED AS ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE YEAR
The Sheboygan Downtown Rotary Club has presented
its Rotary Good Citizen of the Year Award posthumously to Mike Muth,
a longtime businessman and community leader.
The award was presented Thursday night to Muth's widow, Jan, at a ceremony held at the Sheboygan Yacht Club. It is the first time the club has selected an individual posthumously for the Good Citizen of the Year Award. Muth died in November 2007 in Miami, Fla., after a series of strokes a few days earlier at the family's second home in Key Largo. He was 64.
Gary Dulmes, a longtime businessman and a friend of Muth, said that Muth was instrumental in bringing the Sheboygan Marina and the Blue Harbor Resort and Conference Center to the city. Dulmes said the projects would have never gotten done without Muth's "heroic effort."
Muth joins a long list of winners dating to the club's award inception in 1952. The most recent winners include Dan Merkel (2009), Terry Kohler (2008), Charles Conrardy, Jr. (2007), R. Bruce Grover (2006), John Rummele (2005), and Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. (2004).
Candidates for this award must have an exemplary record as a citizen; be loyal to the country, its ideals and institutions; and perform civic duties efficiently and well. The winner also has taken an active part in the life of the community and in making Sheboygan County a desirable place to live. In addition, the winner must have given freely of time and energy to advance community interests.
Muth, a Sheboygan native, also was involved with initial efforts for the Great Lakes Aerospace Science & Education Center at Spaceport Sheboygan, a plan to transform the old Sheboygan Armory into a space and science educational complex. For many years, Muth ran The Muth Companies, which makes safety parts for automobiles and trucks. It was started in 1947 by Muth's father, Kenneth, as the K.W. Muth Co.
A 1961 graduate of Sheboygan North High School, Mike Muth joined K.W. Muth in 1965 after graduating from Northwestern University. In 1970, at age 27, Muth became president of the firm. Muth was also heavily involved with various civic projects, including the fundraising drive to expand Sheboygan's YMCA.
Muth also urged the Sheboygan Common Council not to build the city's new police station at Sheridan Park. And he and a group of business leaders funded a study showing the county-owned site on North 23rd Street was a better place to build the station. The council eventually chose the 23rd Street site.
The award was presented Thursday night to Muth's widow, Jan, at a ceremony held at the Sheboygan Yacht Club. It is the first time the club has selected an individual posthumously for the Good Citizen of the Year Award. Muth died in November 2007 in Miami, Fla., after a series of strokes a few days earlier at the family's second home in Key Largo. He was 64.
Gary Dulmes, a longtime businessman and a friend of Muth, said that Muth was instrumental in bringing the Sheboygan Marina and the Blue Harbor Resort and Conference Center to the city. Dulmes said the projects would have never gotten done without Muth's "heroic effort."
Muth joins a long list of winners dating to the club's award inception in 1952. The most recent winners include Dan Merkel (2009), Terry Kohler (2008), Charles Conrardy, Jr. (2007), R. Bruce Grover (2006), John Rummele (2005), and Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. (2004).
Candidates for this award must have an exemplary record as a citizen; be loyal to the country, its ideals and institutions; and perform civic duties efficiently and well. The winner also has taken an active part in the life of the community and in making Sheboygan County a desirable place to live. In addition, the winner must have given freely of time and energy to advance community interests.
Muth, a Sheboygan native, also was involved with initial efforts for the Great Lakes Aerospace Science & Education Center at Spaceport Sheboygan, a plan to transform the old Sheboygan Armory into a space and science educational complex. For many years, Muth ran The Muth Companies, which makes safety parts for automobiles and trucks. It was started in 1947 by Muth's father, Kenneth, as the K.W. Muth Co.
A 1961 graduate of Sheboygan North High School, Mike Muth joined K.W. Muth in 1965 after graduating from Northwestern University. In 1970, at age 27, Muth became president of the firm. Muth was also heavily involved with various civic projects, including the fundraising drive to expand Sheboygan's YMCA.
Muth also urged the Sheboygan Common Council not to build the city's new police station at Sheridan Park. And he and a group of business leaders funded a study showing the county-owned site on North 23rd Street was a better place to build the station. The council eventually chose the 23rd Street site.