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Biographies of Your Project
Management Team
John R. Brodin - President
Law Enforcement Officer:
Following his studies at the
University of Minnesota and
service in the United States
Army, John was on the job as
a law enforcement officer for
more than thirty years. He has
logged over 5000 hours as a
pilot and flight instructor,
including assignments with the
FBI, Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms,
the Drug Enforcement Administration
and the Minneapolis, Minnesota
Police Department. He built
the Minneapolis Police Street
Crimes Unit starting in 1978,
including the K-9 Unit, the
Bomb Squad and the Emergency
Response Unit where he was in
charge of over 120 police officers.
This Unit was assigned to all
disturbances, demonstrations,
labor disputes, armed/barricaded
person situations, hostage and
sniper confrontations, and grew
over time to include the High
Risk Entry Team, the Gas Delivery
Team, the Communications Team
and specialized teams for Paramedic
and Fire Rescue Department Support.
The Emergency Response Unit
also coordinated all dignitary
security in the Minneapolis
area with the Secret Service,
Military Intelligence, the State
Department, and state and county
police departments for visiting
American Presidents, numerous
heads of state and other VIP's
and their families.
Artist/Sculptor:
As an artist and sculptor, John
studied at the Minneapolis Institute
of Art for four years and at
the Camden Gallery for two years.
In collaboration with his brothers
Rodger and Neil at Brodin Studios
from 1979 to 1994, John assisted
in the production of many exquisitely
detailed bronze sculptures of
emergency and military service
personnel in action and numerous
other dignitaries including:
"The Price of Freedom is Visible
Here" Monument at the Veterans
Administration Medical Center
in Minneapolis, Minnesota; "The
Lumberman" Monument in Camden,
Minnesota; the Richard Sorenson
World War II U.S. Marine Medal
of Honor Monument in bronze
"Above and Beyond" in Anoka,
Minnesota; the "Hubert H. Humphrey"
life-size bronze sculpture at
the Minneapolis, Minnesota City
Hall; and the "Firefighter Protector"
and the "Police Protector" two-thirds
life-size bronze sculpture at
the Maple Grove, Minnesota City
Hall. The Brodin "Police Protector
Series" and "Firefighter Protector
Series" consisting of two-thirds
life-size bronze Monuments and
their six-inch exact replica
miniatures in bronze have been
placed in numerous cities throughout
the United States and Canada.
Brodin bronze sculptures also
grace the collections of five
U.S. Presidents, Mikhail Gorbachev,
Lech Walesa, many military leaders,
entertainment stars and thousands
of law enforcement officers
and military veterans across
the country. At Honors For Excellence,
John’s life-size sculptures
for the “Los Angeles Firefighter
Memorial Plaza”, the “South
Carolina Fallen Firefighter
Memorial Monument”, the “Miami-Dade
Firefighter Memorial Monument”,
the “Herb Brooks Olympic Miracle
on Ice Monument”, and the “Crowley
Louisiana Fallen Firefighter
Memorial Monument” have been
acclaimed for their intricate
detail as several of the finest
"realistic representational"
sculpted works in the country.
In 1997, collaborating with
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businessman, Douglas Smith,
John formally merged his life-long
passions for the worlds of art
and emergency/military service
and opened the doors to "Honors
For Excellence, Ltd.”.
Douglas K. Schiedel - Principal
Sculptor
Doug's formal training in sculpture,
drawing, painting and art history
included three years at the
Minneapolis College of Art and
Design, as well as one year
at Yankton College under Professor
Jerry Gallagher. Doug served
as a cartoonist for the Key
West Citizen newspaper and as
the Art Director at the Prior
House Resort in Key West, Florida.
For nine years, Doug apprenticed
and collaborated with sculptor
Rodger M. Brodin (1940-1995)
in the design and production
of hundres of bronze sculpted
works of art in the Brodin Studios
Law Enforcement Recognition
Program for the FBI, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Central Intelligence
Agency, Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms
and the Texas Marshals. Doug's
collaborative works, in addition
to those mentioned earlier in
John Brodin's biography, include
the bronze sculpted bust, "Hubert
H. Humphrey", at the Minneapolis,
Minnesota Courthouse; the "Lech
Walesa" ten-inch bronze sculpture
presented by the President of
the AFL-CIO to the President
of Poland; and the ten-inch
"Top Cop" bronze sculpture presented
to the President of the United
States, William J. Clinton.
While contracting with Honors
For Excellence Doug's role as
Principal Sculptor for the “Los
Angeles Firefighter Memorial
Plaza”, the “South Carolina
Fallen Firefighter Memorial
Monument”, the “Herb Brooks
Olympic Miracle on Ice Monument”,
the “Miami-Dade Firefighter
Memorial Monument”, the “Crowley
Louisiana Fallen Firefighter
Memorial Monument”, and the
“Cypress-Fairfax Texas Volunteer
Firefighter Monument”, have
produced some of the best examples
of his ability to replicate
the most intricate details in
his sculpted works. In this
respect, Doug is among the most
highly regarded artists in the
country. "When an organization
bestows on me the very high
calling of crafting its Honors
for Excellence recognitions",
declares Doug, "only the very
best will do".
Douglas G. Smith - Chairman
Doug graduated from Macalester
College in St. Paul, Minnesota,
and spent over 28 years in senior
management with an employee
benefits administration and
management consulting firm headquartered
in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He
was a board member and partner
in the firm that employed over
300 professionals and support
staff at the time of its sale
to a larger financial services
organization in 1995. Doug is
an Executive Board member of
the Viking Council of the Boy
Scouts of America. He served
as the co-founder and Board
Chairman of The Crisis Connection,
a United Way crisis intervention
and referral service, a board
member of the Rotary Club of
Minneapolis, a Trustee of the
Wayzata Community Church and
a business consultant for the
Minnesota School Boards Association.
He is a member of the Citizens
Advisory Committee for Congressman
Jim Ramstad, Ways and Means
Committee, U.S. House of Representatives.
A life-long patron of the arts,
Doug is a committed equity partner
in Honors For Excellence, Ltd.,
and manages the business activities
for the company.
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