C. Robert Ullrich is a Louisville native and a fourth-generation German American. He is an alumnus of the University of Louisville and the University of Illinois. He recently retired from the University of Louisville, where he was a professor of civil and environmental engineering for thirty-eight years. He is a member of the German-American Club Gesangverein, the Society for German-American Studies and the Sister Cities of Louisville Mainz Committee.Victoria A. Birchler Ullrich, a Louisville native, is a fourth-generation German American and Swiss American. She is an alumna of the University of Louisville and a former medical technologist, having been employed in clinical and research laboratories. She is a member of the German-American Club Gesangverein, and is the president of its Germanic Heritage Auxiliary. She is a member of the Swiss American Historical Society, the Swiss Ladies Society and the Society for German-American Studies.Mayor of Louisville