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Rudolph Ely Boschwitz è nato a Berlino in Germania il 7 novembre del 1930 ma essendo di origine ebrea ha ben presto lasciato la Germania nazista per completare il suo intero percorso formativo negli Stati Uniti, prima alla scuola pubblica di New Rochelle (New York) e in quella di Pennington (New Jersey), poi alle Università Johns Hopkins di Baltimora (Maryland) e alla Scuola di Legge di New York dove si è laureato nel 1953.
Avvocato, dopo le prime esperienze e dopo essere stato per due anni nell'United States Army Signal Corps, ha fondato una società nell'ambito manifatturiero in collaborazione con la moglie Ellen, di cui è stato Presidente fino al momento dalla liquidazione.
Senatore repubblicano del Minnesota oggi vive a Minneapolis dove siede nel CdA del Jewish Institute.
Rudy è sempre stato un grande appassionato di bridge.
Rudolph Ely Boschwitz
a Senator from Minnesota; born in Berlin, Germany, November 7, 1930; attended
the public schools in New Rochelle, N.Y., and The Pennington School in
Pennington, N.J.; attended Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., 1947-1949;
graduated, New York University School of Commerce, New York City, 1950, and New
York University Law School 1953.
Admitted to the New York bar in 1954 and the Wisconsin bar in 1959, and commenced practice in New York City in 1956; served in the United States Army Signal Corps 1954-1955; founder, in October 1963, and chairman of Plywood Minnesota, Inc. (renamed Home Valu Interiors, Inc., 1994) 1963-; Republican National Committeeman from Minnesota 1971-1978; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in November 1978 for the term commencing January 3, 1979; subsequently appointed on December 30, 1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wendell B. Anderson for the term ending January 3, 1979; reelected in 1984 for the term ending January 3, 1991; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1990 and in 1996; chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee (One Hundredth Congress); continued civic activities and membership on various advisory boards, including state chair of the American Cancer Society Crusade, Upper Midwest Kidney Foundation, campaign chairman for Minneapolis Federation for Jewish Service; received Citizen’s Medal in 1991 for efforts in Ethiopia as President George H.W. Bush’s emissary; finance chair in Minnesota for President George W. Bush 2000, 2004; is a resident of Minneapolis and serves on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, is an AIPAC Board Member and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Rudy has always been a passionate bridge player.
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