1. From 1987 to 1989, Boschwitz served as the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
18 Facts About Rudy Boschwitz
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Rudy Boschwitz grew up in New Rochelle, New York, and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law in 1953.
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Rudy Boschwitz moved to Minnesota, where he started a retail lumber store chain, Plywood Minnesota.
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Rudy Boschwitz grew it into a successful business with 70 stores.
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Rudy Boschwitz became well known for starring in Plywood Minnesota's television commercials, wearing his signature plaid flannel shirts.
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Rudy Boschwitz ran for reelection to a third term in the 1990 election against Democrat Paul Wellstone.
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Rudy Boschwitz was defeated again by Wellstone in a rematch in 1996.
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Rudy Boschwitz was born November 7,1930, in Berlin, Germany, the son of Lucy and Eli Rudy Boschwitz.
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Rudy Boschwitz was admitted to the New York State bar in 1954 and the Wisconsin bar in 1959.
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Rudy Boschwitz served in the United States Army Signal Corps from 1954 to 1955, becoming a private first class.
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Rudy Boschwitz was the founder and chairman of a plywood and home improvement retailer, Plywood Minnesota, which later became Home Valu Interiors.
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Rudy Boschwitz returned to the company after his political career, and led it until it went out of business in May 2010.
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Rudy Boschwitz was well known in Minnesota for operating a "flavored milk" booth at the Minnesota State Fair.
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Rudy Boschwitz voted in favor of the Passage of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Rudy Boschwitz voted to confirm Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination, which failed when Robert Bork was unconfirmed.
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The negotiations Rudy Boschwitz led in Ethiopia resulted in Operation Solomon.
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Rudy Boschwitz later served on the board of directors of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, was a board member of the AIPAC, and was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Rudy Boschwitz married his wife, the former Ellen Antoinette Loewenstein, in 1956, and they had four sons, Gerry, Kenneth, Daniel, and Thomas.