Rudy Boschwitz

Rudolph Ely "Rudy" Boschwitz (born November 7, 1930 in Berlin ) is an American entrepreneur and politician . From December 1978 to January 1991 he was a US Senator for the state of Minnesota .

Life

Boschwitz 'father Ely Boschwitz and his mother Lucy Dawidowitz had to emigrate from National Socialist Germany in 1936 . Boschwitz grew up in New Rochelle, New York State . After graduating from high school, he attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the Stern School of Business and New York University School of Law in New York City , which he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1953 . 1953-55 he served in the US Army Signal Corps . In 1963 he founded the plywood factory Plywood Minnesota (now Home Valu Interiors ) in Minnesota .

From 1971 to 1978 Boschwitz was represented on the Republican National Committee . In November 1978 he was elected to the Senate for the Republican Party ( Independent Republican Party ). With the departure of his predecessor Wendell Anderson , he took his place on November 30, 1978. After a successful re-election in 1990 he lost to Democratic challenger Paul Wellstone . In 1991 he was employed as an envoy for US President George Bush to lead negotiations in Operation Solomon . In 1996 he ran again in the Senate elections against Paul Wellstone, but was clearly defeated. Since then he has been performing tasks in various organizations and delegations; Among other things, he was the American representative at the UN Human Rights Commission in 2005 as the successor to Richard S. Williamson .

Boschwitz has been married to Ellen Antoinette Loewenstein since 1956. They have four sons.

literature

Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss (Hrsg.): Biographical manual of the German-speaking emigration after 1933. Volume 1: Politics, economy, public life . Munich: Saur, 1980, p. 81

Web links

Rudy Boschwitz in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Rudy Boschwitz: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society (English)

Individual evidence

↑ The Weekly Standard : The Ambassador Nobody Knows (April 25, 2005)

personal data
SURNAME	Boschwitz, Rudy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Boschwitz, Rudolph Ely
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Entrepreneur and Politician (Republican)
DATE OF BIRTH	November 7, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin

[1] The Weekly Standard : The Ambassador Nobody Knows (April 25, 2005)