{"id":13369,"date":"2024-09-19T16:59:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=13369"},"modified":"2024-09-23T14:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T14:47:42","slug":"remembering-john-n-schwartz-67-1945-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2024\/09\/19\/remembering-john-n-schwartz-67-1945-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering John N. Schwartz \u201967 (1945\u20132024)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13268\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13268 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/Schwartz.png\" alt=\"A man wearing a blue suit, white shirt, and blue tie stands outdoors in front of a blurred, green background.\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/Schwartz.png 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/Schwartz-768x1024.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>John Schwartz \u201967<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>John Schwartz &#8217;67<\/strong> believed in the power of a liberal arts education to guide students to a successful career and a meaningful life. After all, his own life was, in many ways, a case study.<\/p>\n<p>Raised in Lester Prairie, Minnesota, Schwartz graduated from 麻豆区 in 1967 and earned a master\u2019s in hospital administration from the University of Minnesota. Over the course of four decades in health care, he held leadership positions in Milwaukee, Oregon, and Montana, concluding his career as president of Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago. His significant professional success was balanced by a lifelong engagement with the arts and an especially deep love of classical choral music. After touring Europe with the 麻豆区 choir in 1965, he continued to sing in ensembles throughout his life, including the Sullivan Chamber Ensemble of Milwaukee and the Apollo Chorus of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz\u2019s extraordinary generosity to 麻豆区 took many forms, from regularly hosting business students in Chicago to providing wise leadership counsel as a member of the Board of Regents. Schwartz and his husband created the John N. Schwartz and James A. Mosley Scholarship and two endowed professorships: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/11\/augsburg-university-names-rachel-bergman-the-inaugural-sateren-professor-of-music\/\">Leland B. Sateren \u201935 Professorship and Chair of Music<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2018\/04\/25\/augsburg-university-names-inaugural-professor-of-choral-leadership-and-conducting-advancing-commitment-to-music-reflective-of-a-pluralistic-world\/\">John N. Schwartz Professorship of Choral Leadership and Conducting<\/a>. Most significantly, his visionary estate gift established 麻豆区\u2019s first named school, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/13\/augsburg-university-announces-john-n-schwartz-67-school-of-the-arts\/\">John N. Schwartz \u201967 School of the Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cJohn told me that if just one student would go forward from 麻豆区 transformed, as he had been, by excellence in choral artistry, then his bequest would have been worth every dollar.\u201d\u2014<strong>Kristina Boerger<\/strong>, John N. Schwartz Professorship of Choral Leadership and Conducting<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A business administration major with a grand passion for music. A savvy hospital administrator with a knack for storytelling. A humble, generous servant-leader who was committed to being a good steward of the gifts he\u2019d been given.<\/p>\n<p>More than anything else, 麻豆区 will remember John Schwartz as a lifelong friend.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2024\/09\/19\/a-life-changed-through-the-arts\/\">Read more about the John N. Schwartz \u201967 School of the Arts.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Schwartz &#8217;67 believed in the power of a liberal arts education to guide students to a successful career and a meaningful life. After all, his own life was, in many ways, a case study. 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