James F. Janz, Bus Ad ’62, Law ’64, was elected to the Marquette University Board of Trustees in 2002.
He is the executive vice president of Zilber Ltd. and the Towne Group of Companies, a diversified real estate development and asset management organization with its headquarters in Milwaukee and regional operating offices in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Nevada and Texas.
He was a corporate attorney at the law firm Foley & Lardner from 1964 until joining the Towne Group in 1969. He has served as an executive officer and director of various operating subsidiaries of Zilber, Ltd., including Unicare Services, Elaine Powers Figure Salons, Union Prescription Centers, Wisconsin Toy and Novelty, Job Lot-Pushcart and Unicare Food Services.
He has served as a director of several commercial banking operations and currently serves on the directors’ advisory board of Associated Bank and as the managing direcotr of the Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation.
He is a member of the Marquette University 1881 Society and received the Law School’s Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award in 2002.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
- Mr. Ned W. Bechthold
- Ms. Natalie A. Black
- Mr. John F. Ferraro
- Rev. James P. Flaherty, S.J.,
- Mr. Richard J. Fotsch
- Rev. James G. Gartland, S.J.,
- Ms. Mary E. Henke
- Mr. Darren R. Jackson
- Mr. James F. Janz
- Mr. Jeffrey A. Joerres
- Mr. Edward F. Kosnik
- Rev. Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.
- Mr. John P. Lynch
- Rev. Douglas Marcouiller, S.J.
- Rev. James P. McDermott, S.J.
- Dr. Arnold L. Mitchem
- Rev. Joseph M. O'Keefe, S.J.
- Mr. James D. O'Rourke
- Mr. Ulice Payne, Jr.
- Ms. Kristine A. Rappe
- Mr. Joseph J. Rauenhorst
- Mr. Glenn A. Rivers
- Mr. James A. Runde
- Mrs. Mary Ladish Selander
- Ms. Mary Ellen Stanek
- Mr. John J. Stollenwerk
- Mr. Charles M. Swoboda
- Ms. Cherryl T. Thomas
- Rev. Thomas H. Tobin, S.J.
- Ms. Rhona Vogel
- Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J.
- Mr. Charles M. Williams, Jr.
- Ms. Anne A. Zizzo
Quick Facts About Marquette
| Identity: | Catholic, Jesuit, private |
| Established: | 1881 |
| Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Undergraduate: | 8,048 |
| Postgraduate: | 3,500 |
| Campus: | Urban, 90 acres |
| Athletics: | 14 NCAA Division I teams (Big East) |
| Colors: | Blue and Gold |
