Richard Schreiner

Richard Schreiner received the 2025 Exemplary Alumni Service Awardee from the UWM Alumni Association. The award was presented during the Alumni Awards Evening on February 21, 2025, at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.

A first-generation college student, Richard earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University and his master’s degree from UWM while working for Johnson Controls. He joined the College of Engineering and Applied Science alumni board in 2003 and expanded his university leadership to include the UWM Alumni Association board of directors and School of Continuing Education program advisory committee. Richard and his wife, Alison Graf, established the Richard S. Schreiner and Alison Graf Scholarship Fund in 2021 to benefit first-generation college students in the College of Engineering & Applied Science. They also support the college’s Student Success Center and established the Alison Graf Fund for Theatre in the Peck School of the Arts. Richard received the college’s Distinguished Service Award in 2007 and its Computer Science Alumnus of the Year Award in 2008. He retired from Johnson Controls in 2013 and is a Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.