Background
Boschwitz, Rudolph Ely Rudy was born on November 7, 1930 in Berlin, Germany.
Boschwitz, Rudolph Ely Rudy was born on November 7, 1930 in Berlin, Germany.
Student, Johns Hopkins University, 1949. Bachelor of Science in Business, New York University, 1950. Bachelor of Laws, New York University, 1953.
Founder, chairman Plywood Minnesota (now Home Valu Interiors), since 1963. United States Senator from Minnesota, 1979—1991. Presidential envoy to Ethiopia, 1991.
United States ambassador United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, 2005. Board director Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. Board member AIPAC; member Wilson Council Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Board directors Holocaust Eyewitness Project. Member Bread for the World, Friends of Deep-Portage, Model Cities Health Foundation, advisory committee Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Jewish Folk Art Society, United States Organization of Disabled Athletes. Served with Signal Corps.
United States Army, 1954-1955. Member Council on Foreign Relations, Minnesota State Automobile Association(honorary), Minneapolis Club.
Son Ely & Lucy Davidowicz Boschwitz. Married Ellen Loewenstein Boschwitz. Children: Gerry, Ken, Dan, Tom.
