Background
Hirsch, Robert William was born on October 12, 1925 in Tripp, South Dakota, United States. Son of Raymond and Linda (Schmiedt) Hirsch.
Hirsch, Robert William was born on October 12, 1925 in Tripp, South Dakota, United States. Son of Raymond and Linda (Schmiedt) Hirsch.
Bachelor of Arts Math, University of Southern California, 1946; Juris Doctor, U. South Dakot, 1949; Doctor of Laws, Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois, 1967.
Worked at Goetz, Hirsch & Klimisch (Yankton, South Dakota) specializing in Probate Law, Trusts Law, General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1949, South Dakota. 1987, Nebraska.
State Senator, 1956-1969.
Senate Majority Leader, 1966-1969.
Phi Delta Phi. Member: Nebraska State and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of South Dakota.
American Judicature Society.
Scoutmaster Sioux council Boy Scouts American, 1949-1965. Past chairman, former member executive board Legislation Research Council. Member Constitutional Revision Commission.
Chairman Young Representatives, Hutchinson County (South Dakota), 1949-1952. Member South Dakota Senate, 1956-1969, majority leader, 1968-1969. Member national board directors Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1969-1981, 89-96.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1947, South Dakota National Guard. Member Lutheran Laymen's League (international president 1964-1968, Award of Merit 1975), American Bar Association, South Dakota Bar Association, Nebraska Bar Association, Judicial Council South Dakota, Phi Kappa Delta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Museum.
Married Doris J. Brosz, August 10, 1947 (deceased December 1963). Children: John, James, Jayne, Sarah. Married Lyla Voorhees, February 16, 1968.