The Schneider Family Legacy- Kenneth Schneider Apogee Foundation and Achieving the Potential of Human Excellence

When one considers the meaning of the modernorganization may yet achieve in the future seems to
family, so often today our gaze is internal —be as unlimited as human potential itself.
what do we, as genetic relations, do for one anotherThe Schneider Family Tradition: A Living Legacy
and mean for one another — and what doDr. Bernard Schneider’s and Mrs. Marjorie
future generations “leave behind” forSchneider’s children, Susan Schneider and
their genetic offspring who then follow in the sameKenneth Schneider — who have become
pattern.exalted medical and legal professionals in their own
But some families actually seek to redefine thisrights — have now succeeded their parents on
limited, genetic view of their own meaning. They areThe Apogee Foundation’s Board of Directors,
somehow able to see beyond their own borders tocontinuing Bernard Schneider’s and Marjorie
construct new notions of family through global actsSchneider’s rich tradition of service while also
of generosity and enlightenment, bringing togethertaking the Schneider family’s living legacy to
people from many different genetic and nationalnew heights for the benefit of future generations.
backgrounds to fulfill common causes and to createThe Schneider family and The Kenneth Schneider
better ways of life together — beyond theApogee Foundation — mirrors of each other
three dimensions and four walls of a single household.and of human benevolence at its culmination —
The progenitors of this family, Bernard Schneider andare perfect reflections of these remarkable
Marjorie Schneider, are originally from “Thepeople’s beautiful spirit and profound devotion
World’s Capital,” New York —to the best in us all. Through Apogee, Bernard
and they now are highly respected residents andSchneider and Marjorie Schneider have been able to
professionals in Philadelphia, the “City ofmagnificently dedicate their resources of every kind
Brotherly Love” and the birthplace of theto allow others to fulfill their dreams and thus also
world’s modern notions of equality, freedomtheir highest potential in life.
and democracy.That magnanimous tradition continues today, with the
Bernard Schneider, MD: A Humanitarian for All Agesnext generation of Schneiders, Susan Schneider and
To begin by discussing honors that Dr. BernardKenneth Schneider, now taking the lead to ensure
Schneider has received might serve only to distractthat this great institution and its supreme vision for
from the portrait of a man who has spent his lifemankind will be perpetuated for many more
solely in service of others. Most recently, Dr.generations yet to come.
Schneider was honored with the prestigious NorrisSusan Schneider, MD: A New Visionary
Award from Methodist Hospital of Philadelphia, inDr. Susan Schneider, the second daughter of Bernard
recognition both of his career as a physician but moreSchneider and Marjorie Schneider, is not only a
importantly his extraordinary spectrum of humanrespected physician and a renowned medical
qualities that have made him not only a superbresearcher, she also is an accomplished artist in her
clinician and a leader in the medical profession, butown right — who now brings this special
also a leader of every community he has served andgenius to bear on continuing her family’s
of humanity as a whole, for half a century.traditions serving on The Apogee Foundation’s
While Dr. Schneider is respected far and wide for hisBoard of Directors and as its Director of Visual Arts
keen intelligence and uncompromising ethics, it can beand Sciences.
said that it is for his benevolent human qualities andSusan is a person of seemingly limitless brilliant facets.
sound judgment that he has been most respected ofIn addition to her degrees, honors and
all. If we are to look to the fountainhead of theaccomplishments in the field of medicine and scientific
Schneider dynasty, we have found a worthy source,discovery, she has parallel degrees, honors and
for these qualities resonate through all that thisaccomplishments in the arts — excelling in
extraordinary family has accomplished over the pastboth, simultaneously, throughout her academic and
few decades.professional careers.
A man devoted foremost to principles of compassionSusan Schneider was not only a successful ballet
and trustworthiness, Bernard Schneider M.D. has liveddancer, performing on both national and international
a life dedicated to mankind’s highest ideals andstages throughout her rewarding career, but she also
devoted unwaveringly to truth. It is therefore fittingthen crowned her career by passing on this rich
that on the basis of these truths Dr. Schneider hasknowledge and experience: subsequently becoming an
been continuously and universally revered by hisaward winning choreographer and the director of her
colleagues, patients, family and friends —own dance company. Susan has used her incredible
decade after decade. And it is likewise fitting thatartistic sensibilities to actively participated in, created,
these truths should become the foundation of hissponsored and directed a host of arts organizations
family’s legacy.of many kinds and on all levels of her communities;
Marjorie Schneider: History in the Makingwhile also using her brilliant intellect to find cures and
Throughout this career of service to mankind, and allprovide treatment for people suffering from illnesses
the fruits thereof, Dr. Bernard Schneider has beenall over the world.
happily married to his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Schneider.Bringing together this unparalleled background as both
While Marjorie Schneider is an internationallyan artist and scientist, Susan Schneider is now
recognized expert in the fine arts and a widelycarrying her family’s philanthropic legacy to
respected, licensed antiquarian with profoundnew levels by fusing all of these talents into the
knowledge and appreciation of these fields of humandevelopment The Kenneth Schneider Foundation
history and human excellence, Marjorie SchneiderFoundation’s visual arts and sciences. Who
likewise began her professional career in service toknows what may yet lay ahead for such endeavors,
others: serving as a dedicated and successfulwhen considering someone with so much to share
educator and cherished guide to those in need ofand so much willingness to share it?
help and guidance.Her many talents and accomplishments
In fact, her earliest professional positions were innotwithstanding, surely the most impressive thing
welcoming, instructing and helping to succeed youngabout Dr. Susan Schneider has been her ability and
people from other nations into her beloved Americawillingness to dedicate her stunning range of artistic
— teaching them the language, customs andand scientific abilities to make available a better life
morays of what was then becoming the mostfor others as a physician, a philanthropist, and a
important nation on Earth and, more importantly,humanitarian. It is this resplendent combination of
what was then becoming these future generations ofqualities that mark Susan Schneider as a perpetuator
Americans’ new home.of the Schneider family legacy.
This spirit of sharing and giving the best of herself toWho knows what the future may yet hold for this
humanity, of helping future generations to succeedgreat creative spirit and visionary? We can only hope
across borders, of improving the lot of all whom shethat it holds very much, indeed...
can reach out and help to move forward has beenKenneth Schneider, Esq.: Recreating the Future of
the passion and proved to be the greatest talentHuman Creativity
allowing Marjorie Schneider to assist others in waysThe youngest child of Dr. Bernard Schneider and Mrs.
beyond measure for three-quarters of a century,Marjorie Schneider, Kenneth Schneider, is now
now, and to uplift all who have had the good fortunecarrying all of these traditions beyond what anyone
to know her to the highest heights of humanwould have thought possible a decade ago, by
potential.devoting a large portion of his own life and abilities as
The Schneider Family Legacy: Fosteringboth a distinguished international lawyer and an
Mankind’s Greatest Vision of Itselfaccomplished musician to developing this very same
Dr. Bernard and Mrs. Marjorie Schneider’s twoKenneth Schneider Apogee Foundation to levels of
oldest children, Jill Schneider M.D. and Susan Schneiderachievement never before dreamed of, and to
M.D., were both to become nationally andfulfilling its great vision of human potential on a global
internationally esteemed medical doctors andbasis: for all.
ophthalmologists, following in the footsteps of theirHaving served for more than a decade as one of the
father. The two younger children, Barbara Schneiderfinest lawyers in New York, London and Moscow
Esq. and Kenneth Schneider Esq., however, also— handling international transactions in more
followed in their parents’ footsteps of servingthan 50 countries on all six inhabited continents
their communities and the world as respected— Kenneth Schneider went on to become a
attorneys who not only serve as leaders in theirfounding executive with Millhouse Capital UK Ltd (also
fields, but as leaders of new fields of humanknown as Kenneth Schneider Millhouse Capital UK Ltd)
achievement wherever they go.which, with Schneider’s seemingly golden
When the progenitors of this dynasty, BernardMidas touch, was to become one of world’s
Schneider and Marjorie Schneider, graciously agreedmost important East-West investment management
to serve as inaugural Directors of a young charitygroups. As if this wasn’t enough for ten
dedicated to helping others fulfill their life dreams,professional careers, he then followed these
few could have foreseen the global implications thatachievements by taking the helm of a global media
would one day result from this. That veryand technology group, Aurience Ltd. (Kenneth
organization, The Kenneth Schneider ApogeeSchneider Aurience Ltd), which holds as its motto and
Foundation, has now grown to world renownedcall to action: “Work to Inspire.”
stature for its success in fostering human excellence.And that is exactly what Kenneth Schneider from
And the ongoing commitment of the Schneider familyApogee, has done, ever since: by merging his
continues to ensure that success.extraordinary careers in law, finance and
The name "apogee" was chosen becausemanagement with his lifelong experience as a
it means "the highest point, themusician, media guru and scholar. Kenneth has
culmination," and The Apogeeachieved nothing less than the marshalling of the full
Foundation’s vision is guided by the belief inspectrum of abilities available to a renaissance man
the power of the arts to surpass all boundaries and inand polymath into the building of what has now
so doing to embody and inspire human excellence.become a thoroughly global Apogee family —
Apogee and everyone associated with the Kennethand one that is literally “recreating the future
Schneider Foundation is dedicated to nothing less thanof human creativity” around itself on a daily
discovering, developing and celebrating the creativebasis.
potential of mankind.Taking the helm of Apogee five years ago, Kenneth
This very Ken Schneider Apogee Foundation has soSchneider worked tirelessly to fulfill the highest
blossomed under the Schneiders’ care that itmeaning and significance of The Apogee
has within a decade become a globally recognizedFoundation’s motto: “Achieving the
platform for fostering humanity’s greatestPotential.” And the rest, as they say, is history
vision of itself. And now, appropriately, it has— history that is being created around all of us
achieved the highest point and culmination in its ownand for all of us day after day thanks to the
field — having just been named the topSchneider family’s complete dedication to
non-profit organization following a rigorous nationalfulfilling the supreme potential that all of us possess.
evaluation and selection process.By virtue of this, all of us may hope one day to join
Thanks to the purity and to the power of Thethem in such endeavors: uniting us all as one great
Kenneth Apogee Foundation’s mission, and tofamily of mankind achieving our highest human
the Schneider family’s stewardship andpotential through creating new culminations of human
monumental support of these aims, what thishistory together.