1. William Leon Brault was an American businessman known for founding the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and serving as the executive director of the Green Bay Area Visitor and Convention Bureau.
23 Facts About William Brault
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William Brault served in leadership positions within the hall of fame organization and helped expand it over the next 38 years.
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William Brault was elected to the Packers Hall of Fame in 1995 in recognition of his contributions to the team.
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William Brault was born on February 27,1927, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
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In 1939, the William Brault family moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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William Brault attended St Luke Grade School and St Francis Xavier grade school before graduating from Catholic Central High School in 1945.
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William Brault was honorably discharged from the Navy after World War II ended.
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William Brault began his career working with his father at the restaurant.
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At one point, the William Brault's had the concessions contract for Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena.
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William Brault became associated with tourism after the local chamber of commerce asked him to assist with the formation of the Green Bay Visitor and Convention Bureau in the early 1960s.
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In 1966, William Brault was hired part-time to lead the bureau.
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William Brault was named the bureau's first president, a role he would serve in until 1994.
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The Bureau oversaw the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena, with William Brault thus managing booking arena shows and facility concessions.
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William Brault worked on developing a number of other projects in the area, including Shopko Hall, the Resch Center, the National Railroad Museum and Dutchman's Landing Riverfront amusement park.
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William Brault attended signing ceremonies with Governor Tommy Thompson and President Ronald Reagan when local and national tourism bills were signed.
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William Brault was a member of the International Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus and International Association of Auditorium Managers, both of which gave him numerous awards.
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William Brault countered that the County brought on the Bureau to manage the Arena as a company, not as a government entity, and that releasing all receipts would be a breach of privacy and contract with individual entertainers and would open up more government intrusion in the management of the Bureau and the Arena.
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William Brault sought the approval of Vince Lombardi, the Packers general manager and head coach.
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William Brault ran the hall of fame for the first few years and then was part of the seven-person committee that ran the Hall of Fame Association.
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William Brault remained on the board of directors that ran the organization.
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In 1995, William Brault was inducted into the hall of fame he helped found.
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William Brault married his wife Carol on July 22,1950; the couple had four children.
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William Brault was active in his local community; he served on the St Norbert College's Parent's Club and was a member of the American Legion.