Biography of Marjorie Schneider:
Bringing Beauty to Life

Marjorie Schneider has lived a life at the forefront of social service and social enterprise: providing a helping hand and heart to all in need.

After obtaining her own degrees in education and becoming a distinguished educator, Schneider entered the world of the fine arts and rose to international recognition as an expert combining these fields over the decades that followed.

As an antiquarian specializing in the fine arts, Marjorie Schneider has handled and passed on some of the finest artistic creations of mankind. Recognizing that the fine arts created through the centuries represent humanity’s highest cultural achievements has led Marjorie Schneider to undertake her life’s work with leaders in these fields around the globe.

A trusted member of the International Antique Appraisers Association for more than three decades, Schneider has worked closely with the world’s finest collectors and most prominent auction houses. The flagship office and art gallery of Marjorie Schneider Antiquary is based in Philadelphia: America’s original capital and most historic region both politically and culturally.

In close coordination with her work to improve the quality of people’s lives through the fine arts, Marjorie Schneider also has developed a landscape architecture firm, Marjorie Schneider Nurseries, during the same time period. These organizations work hand-in-hand to bring joy and beauty into people’s lives throughout Schneider’s region and beyond: with Marjorie Schneider’s interior and exterior design work now to be found in not only Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and California, but also overseas in places as far flung and diverse as England and Russia.

Marjorie Schneider’s activities to bring joy and beauty into the world go far beyond these organizations, though. With the help of her enlightened children – Susan Schneider MD, a globally respected physician and scientist, and Kenneth Schneider, a renowned international attorney and financial wizard – Marjorie Schneider has given life to one of the world’s most extraordinary philanthropic organizations: The Apogee Foundation.

Dedicated to discovering, developing and celebrating human creative excellence, The Apogee Foundation has become a leader in developing human potential worldwide. With Marjorie Schneider and her husband Bernard Schneider MD – also a revered physician and a leader in the field of health care – as inaugural directors and officers, it’s not hard to see why Apogee has experienced such historic levels of success. To this day, Marjorie Schneider continues to serve the Foundation in the unparalleled growth of its programs as a key advisor on the arts and education.

It seems that Marjorie Schneider and, also not surprisingly, her entire family have been blessed with true enlightenment enabling them to appreciate both the needs and the potential of others who may not have been as fortunate as they. As a result, Marjorie Schneider’s goodwill and good wishes for mankind have become The Apogee Foundation’s most important assets, and the most valued asset of everyone who knows her. With future generations now following in Marjorie Schneider’s footsteps, we can be certain that this will become a historic legacy of this great spirit’s vision: that of a world where we all live up to the power of our highest potential.

The author, Richard Morrison, is a journalist and a professional writer presently researching and writing about leaders in arts and culture around the world.