{"id":1247,"date":"2017-04-07T16:31:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T16:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/currents.winonastateu.com\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2017-06-29T20:58:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T20:58:15","slug":"for-the-love-of-wsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/2017\/04\/07\/for-the-love-of-wsu\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Love of WSU"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maynard \u201cMo\u201d Weber \u201950 has been known as many things throughout his 93 years on Earth \u2013 a soldier, a student, a teacher, a coach, a stockbroker. But what many may not know is that he is also the son of highly regarded American artist Max Weber, and that both his and his father\u2019s legacies will be forever intertwined with that of Winona State thanks to Mo\u2019s love for WSU and generous spirit of philanthropy.<\/p>\n

Mo Weber came to Winona State as a student in 1946, after serving in the Army during World War II. Spending time at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin, he had stopped in Winona on a trip through town and said, \u201cthat\u2019s where I want to go to school.\u201d<\/p>\n

While earning his bachelor\u2019s degree in education at WSU, Mo coached Warrior Baseball, assisting Luther McCown and earning two letters as part of the program. On the subject of Dr. McCown, the venerable namesake of WSU\u2019s McCown Gymnasium, he says, \u201che was good to me, he was a great guy, a great teacher.\u201d During Weber\u2019s time, the team boasted a record of 39-20-1 and captured a conference championship in 1948. After he graduated and spent some time teaching elementary school in Winona, he moved on and began coaching baseball across the country \u2013 until the age of 87.<\/p>\n

He may have moved on to new adventures, but Mo\u2019s heart remains at WSU. \u201cI talk about Winona all the time, and I live in Virginia where they have never heard of anything but Virginia \u2013 never heard of Winona,\u201d he says. \u201cI tell people I went to the Harvard of the West\u2026it gave me an education I would have not had elsewhere. If I could, I would come back again.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Mo, the reason he chooses to give back to Winona State is simple and straightforward \u2013 \u201cbecause the four years I spent here were great. I love this place.\u201d<\/p>\n

And give back he does \u2013 he has donated numerous paintings of his father\u2019s to Winona State, including the 1951 work titled \u201cMexican Water Jug,\u201d currently on display in Krueger Library, and the 1932 work titled \u201cFootball Players,\u201d a unique piece as Max Weber only created three sports scenes during his lifetime. And while Mo insists that he doesn\u2019t have a favorite piece of his father\u2019s, he says that Winona State\u2019s \u201cgot some of the good stuff \u2013 I think you\u2019ve got some lovely paintings, great paintings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Max Weber, born in Russia, immigrated to New York City with his parents in 1891. He studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn under renowned teacher Arthur Wesley Dow, at the Academie Julian with Henri Matisse, and formed friendships during his career with artists Henri Rousseau and Pablo Picasso. When asked how he would like his father\u2019s legacy remembered, Mo answered \u201clike it is right now \u2013 in my eyes, he\u2019s top dog. My father came to this country when he was 10 years old. By the time he was 20, he spoke the language better than I did, could write better than I did, created poetry and philosophy that I hardly understand. He was a unique personality.\u201d<\/p>\n

In October 2016, Mo returned to campus to officially dedicate \u201cFootball Players\u201d to WSU, tour the future Laird Norton Center for Art & Design, where his father\u2019s work will be proudly on display upon completion of the building\u2019s full renovation project, and visit the place where his heart has remained all these years.<\/p>\n

In addition to Mo\u2019s generous donations of his father\u2019s artwork, he has given back to Winona State in many other ways. On the second floor of Watkins Hall, the Weber Gallery is named in his father\u2019s honor, used to showcase student exhibits as well as junior and senior salons and evaluations. Additionally, Mo and his late wife established two endowments at Winona State with the purpose of helping undergraduate art students attend the University. In 1989, they created the Dorothy F. Weber and Maynard J. Weber Art Scholarship Endowment for eligible freshman students. Three years later, they established the Max Weber Scholarship Endowment for eligible juniors.<\/p>\n

\u201cMo Weber has been an integral part of Winona State for decades,\u201d says Winona State President Scott Olson. \u201cNot only is he an alumnus and past baseball coach, but a former WSU Trustee, Distinguished Alumni Award Winner, and WSU Hall of Fame Inductee, all of which illustrate his exemplary dedication to Winona State. He is a generous benefactor of the University with nothing but love in his heart for the school, the people, and the city of Winona itself \u2013 and that will be his own legacy for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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