{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgS702-3", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "REMEMBERING WALTER JEROME \"JERRY\" FRAUTSCHI", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S702", "S703", "[{\"name\": \"Tammy Baldwin\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. S702", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S702-S703]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n             REMEMBERING WALTER JEROME ``JERRY'' FRAUTSCHI\n\n  Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, today I rise to recognize the life and\nlegacy of Walter Jerome ``Jerry'' Frautschi. Jerry was a lifelong\nMadisonian, a successful businessman, and a remarkable philanthropist.\n  Born in Madison in 1931, Jerry served honorably in the U.S. Navy as a\ncode breaker during the Korean conflict from 1951 to 1954. Later, he\nattended the University of Wisconsin--Madison, graduating in 1956.\nAlongside his brother John, he ran the family business Webcrafters and\ncontinued the family tradition of service and philanthropy within their\ncommunity. Jerry was devoted to his family--his three sons, four\ngrandchildren, and wife Pleasant Rowland--were the center of his world.\nHe enjoyed tennis and golf with childhood friends and spending days\nsailing, fishing, swimming, and skating on Lake Mendota and at his\nfamily cottage on Pine Lake in northern Wisconsin.\n  Jerry's commitment to the arts was unmatched, and he and Pleasant\nwere often found at musical and theatrical performances. He made one of\nthe largest single donations to the arts in U.S. history, giving a $205\nmillion gift to establish and build the Overture Center for the Arts in\ndowntown Madison. He made a $20 million gift to the Madison Youth Arts\nCenter Starlight Theater, a $2 million gift to the Wisconsin Youth\nSymphony Orchestra's Center for Music, and contributed to the arts in\nso many other ways throughout the years.\n  His generosity extended far beyond the arts, giving $37.1 million for\nthe Wisconsin History Center currently being developed on Wisconsin's\nCapitol Square, where generations of Wisconsinites will learn about\ntheir history. Jerry gave widely to schools, hospitals, student\ncenters, community colleges, civic organizations, and environmental\ngroups.\n  Jerry's own words are inscribed in the Overture Center's rotunda and\nthey\n\n[[Page S703]]\n\nread: ``Overture Center, my gift to Madison, continues the tradition of\ncivic pride and responsibility that my family has honored since 1867.\nIt is given in appreciation of the good life Madison has given us.''\n  I join Jerry's family and friends in celebration and remembrance of\nhis remarkable life and impact. His philanthropy had a truly\ntransformative impact on his hometown of Madison, and throughout\nWisconsin, and will continue to live on as an enduring legacy.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgS702-3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 27.367088943719864, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}