Alderman Robert J. Bauman was first elected to the Milwaukee Common Council in April 2004 after a 27-year career as an attorney and businessman. A native of Chicago, Alderman Bauman received his B.A., cum laude, from Marquette University in 1974 and his J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law in 1977.

After working five years with a major Milwaukee law firm, Alderman Bauman formed a start-up company on Milwaukee’s north side that rebuilt and remanufactured railroad passenger cars and transit equipment. After the sale of that company, he worked as a consultant to the transportation industry.

Alderman Bauman has been an advocate for improved and expanded public transportation and improved land use planning in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin. He served as chair of the Southeast Wisconsin New Transportation Alliance; served on the Technical Advisory Committee of the East-West Corridor Study and on the Advisory Committee of the Downtown Transit Connector Study; and served as a commissioner on the Milwaukee Transportation Commission.

Alderman Bauman is also a longtime historic preservation advocate. Since 1997, he has resided in an 1893 Victorian home in the Historic Concordia Neighborhood on Milwaukee’s west side.

Alderman Bauman is currently chair of the Common Council’s Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee which, among others, reviews all proposed historic designations under the City’s Historical Preservation Ordinance and has served on the City’s Historic Preservation Commission since 2005.