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Rudy Boschwitz (Rudolph Ely Boschwitz) was born on 7 November, 1930 in Berlin, Weimar Republic (now Germany), is an American politician (born 1930). Discover Rudy Boschwitz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

Popular As Rudolph Ely Boschwitz
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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 7 November 1930
Birthday 7 November
Birthplace Berlin, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Nationality Germany

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1930

Rudolph Ely “Rudy” Boschwitz (born November 7, 1930) is an American politician and businessman who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 1978 until 1991.

Boschwitz is a member of the Republican Party.

He was born in Berlin to a Jewish family.

When Boschwitz was two years old, he and his family fled the country due to Adolf Hitler's rise to power.

Boschwitz was born November 7, 1930, in Berlin, Germany, the son of Lucy (née Dawidowicz) and Eli Boschwitz.

1933

In 1933, when he was three years old, his Jewish family fled from Nazi Germany to the United States, settling in New Rochelle, New York, where he grew up.

1950

A graduate of the Pennington School, he attended Johns Hopkins University and graduated from the New York University Stern School of Business in 1950 and the New York University School of Law in 1953.

1953

Boschwitz grew up in New Rochelle, New York, and graduated with a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law in 1953.

Boschwitz moved to Minnesota where he started a retail lumber store chain named Plywood Minnesota (later renamed Home Valu).

He grew the lumber chain into a successful business with 70 stores.

Boschwitz became well-known for starring in Plywood Minnesota's television commercials, wearing his signature plaid flannel shirts.

1954

He was admitted to the New York State bar in 1954 and the Wisconsin bar in 1959.

He served in the United States Army Signal Corps in 1954–1955 where he became a private first class.

He was the founder and chairman of a plywood and home improvement retailer, Plywood Minnesota, which later became Home Valu Interiors.

1978

He first ran for elected office in Minnesota's 1978 U.S. Senate election and defeated Democratic incumbent Wendell Anderson.

Boschwitz was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in November 1978 and was subsequently appointed on December 30, 1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wendell Anderson, who was appointed to fill the seat after Walter Mondale was elected Vice President two years earlier.

Boschwitz was well known in Minnesota for operating a "flavored milk" booth at the Minnesota State Fair.

1984

He was reelected in 1984 by a landslide margin.

1987

While serving in the U.S. Senate, he was the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 1987 until 1988.

Boschwitz voted in favor of the bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday and the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 (as well as to override President Reagan's veto).

Boschwitz voted in favor of the nomination of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Boschwitz is known for one of the more interesting campaign buttons in Minnesota politics; the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party alleged that Boschwitz's donors were "fat cats", so Boschwitz's campaign created a "skinny cat" campaign button to be worn by those who had donated less than $100 to his campaign.

1990

Boschwitz ran for reelection to a third term in the 1990 election against Democrat Paul Wellstone.

Boschwitz significantly outspent and was expected to defeat Wellstone.

However, Boschwitz lost in an upset.

After his defeat in 1990 by Paul Wellstone, Boschwitz ran against Wellstone again in 1996 but lost.

1991

In 1991 he traveled to Ethiopia as the emissary of President George H. W. Bush.

The negotiations Boschwitz led in Ethiopia resulted in Operation Solomon.

Over 14,000 Jewish people were airlifted from Ethiopia to Israel.

Operation Solomon took twice as many Beta Israel émigrés to Israel as Operation Moses and Operation Joshua combined.

1996

He was defeated again by Wellstone in a rematch in 1996.

Boschwitz was later appointed to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights by then-President George W. Bush.

2000

He was a top "Bush Pioneer" in 2000, fund-raising $388,193, and a "Bush Ranger" in 2004, raising at least $200,000 for George W. Bush's campaign fund in that election cycle.

2005

He served on the commission from 2005 until 2006.

In 2005, Bush named Boschwitz as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, which met at the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland.

2008

He also supported John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.

He presently 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.

2010

He returned to the company after his political career, and led it until it went out of business in 2010.