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> The Uihlein family of Milwaukee saw the value of its 80% holding in Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. rise about $500 million during 1972, to a year-end total of roughly $1.3 billion. The fortune is divided among some 420 holdings by Uihleins, spouses, children and family trusts, but the biggest block—a bit more than 20% of the company, worth roughly $346 million—is under the control of Chairman and President Robert A. Uihlein Jr., 56, grandson of the nephew of Founder August Krug. Uihlein took over the company in 1961, when its rank in the beer business was slipping. He has revived it by bringing out new brands, building giant, highly efficient breweries that may cut production costs by 45%, and introducing a new fermentation process that speeds up the brewing cycle. Profits rose 31% in the first nine months last year, on an 18% gain in sales.
> The Upjohn family of Kalamazoo, Mich., a close-knit and closemouthed clan, made an estimated $283 million last year, from a rise in its holdings in drug-producing Upjohn Co. to $659 million. Company officials will not confirm these figures; they say only that five family members—who do not constitute the entire family—control about 1.5 million shares. The price of these shares alone increased by $83 million in 1972, to $192 million. The company is headed by three husbands of granddaughters of Founder W.E. Upjohn. They are Chairman Ray T. Par-fet Jr., 50; President Robert M. Boude-man, 55; and Executive Committee Chairman Preston S. Parish, 53. Under them the company last year achieved research breakthroughs on prostaglandins, which are hormone-like substances that may be used to terminate pregnancies. That news prompted excited investors to bid up the stock from 73 to 128.
> The Levy family of Dallas last year saw the paper value of its stock in National Chemsearch Corp., a maker of cleaning chemicals, rise $97 million, to a year-end total of $263 million. The family stock is controlled by three sons of the founder: Chairman Lester Levy, 48; President Irvin Levy, 42; and Executive Committee Chairman Milton P. Levy Jr., 45. The Levys make the Up-johns look like chatterboxes. They will not grant interviews, are little known in Dallas society and rarely mentioned in area newspapers. They are also said to reserve all Chemsearch management decisions for themselves. They have concentrated on producing and marketing a line of specialty chemicals much in demand in industry, and the strategy has worked. In the fiscal year ended last April 30, Chemsearch sales rose 18%, to $82 million, and profits climbed 21%, to $7.9 million.