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Candidates to visit Lawrence

By MICHAEL PETERSEN

Ed Garvey, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, and Barbara Lawton, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, will be visiting the Lawrence campus on April 16 and 17. On Thursday night, April 16, the candidates will be featured on WLFM 91.1 from 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Over the lunch hour on Friday, April 17, Garvey and Lawton will be available for discussion in Downer’s Barber Room from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Ed Garvey:

Ed Garvey, a native of Burlington, WI, earned a B.A. in Political Science and a J.D. fromthe University of Wisconsin-Madison. While in college, Garvey began his "political" career in student government. He also served as the President of the Wisconsin Student Association and the National Student Association; secretary general of International Student conference in Leiden, Holland; and the vice-president of Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Following his college career, Garvey served two years active duty in the US Army, as first lieutenant in the Military Police stationed at Fort Gordon, GA.

Garvey eventually served as the first executive director of the National Football League Players’ Association, a position which brought him national recognition for his efforts to bring the NFL under the scrutiny of anti-trust laws.

After his successes as the executive director of the National Football League Players’ Association, Garvey returned to Wisconsin, first working as the Deputy Attorney General under Bronson La Follette; he then ran for the US. Senate in 1986. Though winning the Democratic primary, Garvey lost to the incumbent by 2% of the vote. He ran again in 1988, and lost to Herb Kohl in the primary.

Garvey has been especially active in the movement for campaign finance reform in Wisconsin, and he has given speeches on the subject around the country. In 1996, Garvey was the keynote speaker in 11 states for the Center for Responsive Politics, the Radio and TV News Directors Foundation, and the Schumann Foundation.

Currently, Garvey practices law in Madison, and is a partner in the firm of Garvey and Stoddard, S. C. Beyond his law practice, Garvey formed and heads Capitol Lights, a video production company, and is president of Progressive Communications Systems, Inc., a tax-exempt organization. He has taught sports law at the University of Wisconsin Law School since 1984. He is also a frequent guest columnist for Madison’s Capitol Times, and produces programs for Wisconsin Public Television.

Barbara Lawton:

Barbara Lawton was born in suburban Milwaukee, spent her adolescent years in Racine County, and has lived in urban Green Bay for the last twenty-five years. She graduated summa cum laude from Lawrence in 1987 and went on to earn an M.A. from UW-Madison in 1991.

Lawton was a board member and host parent for Brown County’s "A Better Chance," a program that worked with disadvantaged high school students. She received the Fort Howard Foundation’s Humanitarian Award in 1985. Lawton was a founding member of the Educational Resource Foundation, whose assets have been transferred to the Teaching for Excellence Program, a parent of the Greater Green Bay Area Community Foundation. She is a founding member and director of the Foundation, a flexible philanthropic vehicle designed to create a community of donors and attract investment to enhance the quality of life in the Green Bay area.

Barbara Lawton served as development chair and on the local board of Planned Parenthood of Green Bay. Lawton is also a founding member of Latinos Unidos, a non-profit group organized to address the issues that face the Hispanic community in northeastern Wisconsin, and a member of the Coalition to Promote Respect, the League of Women Voters, and the Northeastern Wisconsin National Women’s Political Caucus.

Because of her experiences abroad — the Lawtons have lived in both Oaxaca, Mexico (1985) and Santiago, Chile (1995) — Lawton occasionally does cross-cultural training for clients of Bennett and Associates for Chicago, and organized a seminar called "Business Opportunities in Chile and Argentina" for the F. K. Bemis International Center at St. Norbert College.