LittleSis: Robert D Kern

Mr. Kern founded Generac Power Systems, a generator-manufacturing company in Waukesha, Wis. Robert Kern first came to the Mayo Clinic as a 5-year-old patient in 1930. It was the beginning of the Great Depression, and Mr. Kern’s father, a minister with little money, could not pay for his sick little boy’s treatment. The Mayo Clinic provided that care for free. Nowadays, the former patient is gratefully giving back. Mr. and Ms. Kern, ages 88 and 85, respectively, pledged $67.3-million to the Mayo Clinic’s Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery last year and have stipulated that most of the donation, $54.3-million, be used to support the center’s operational costs. The couple has directed $10-million toward endowing five scientific-director positions, and the remaining $3-million will support the center’s online education programs.

Donor	Common Recipients
Dick Uihlein	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC
Diane Hendricks	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC
Ted D Kellner	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC
Don H Davis Jr	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson
Michael J Cudahy	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC
Robert J Hillis	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC
Bernie Marcus	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC
Margaret G Ziegler	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson
Michael S Shannon	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC
Frederick P Stratton Jr	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson
R Jeffrey Harris	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson
Craig Leipold	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC
Fred Luber	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC
Giuseppe Cecchi	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC
Patti Brash McKeithan	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson
John Peck	John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC
Richard F Teerlink	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson
Stephen Schwarzman	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson
Daniel F McKeithan Jr	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson
Edward C Levy Jr	Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson

Donor

Common Recipients

Dick Uihlein

Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC

Diane Hendricks

Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC

Ted D Kellner

Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC

Don H Davis Jr

Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson

Michael J Cudahy

Tommy Thompson, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Russ Darrow, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, Unintimidated PAC