Rudy Boschwitz
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United States Senator from Minnesota |
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In office December 30, 1978 – January 3, 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Wendell Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Paul Wellstone |
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Rudolph Ely Boschwitz November 7, 1930 Berlin, Weimar Germany |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Boschwitz |
| Alma mater | New York University (B.S., J.D.) |
| Religion | Judaism |
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1954–1955 |
| Unit | Signal Corps |
Rudolph Ely "Rudy" Boschwitz (born November 7, 1930) is a former Independent-Republican United States Senator from Minnesota. He served in the Senate from December 1978 to January 1991, in the 96th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th, and 101st congresses. He was then defeated by Paul Wellstone.
Boschwitz was born November 7, 1930 in Berlin, Germany, the son of Lucy (née Dawidowicz) and Eli Boschwitz. 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. A graduate of The Pennington School, he attended Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, graduated from the New York University Stern School of Business in 1950, and the New York University School of Law in 1953.
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 1954–1955. He was the founder and chairman of a plywood and Home Improvement retailer, Plywood Minnesota, which later became Home Valu Interiors.
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