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Permanent LinkSenator Herman C. Quirmbach View All Years
Term
Serving fifth term in Senate.
Profession
Retired associate professor of economics at Iowa State University.
Education
Graduated from Central High School in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Received B.A. in government with honors from Harvard and M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Princeton.
Memberships and Activities
City Council for the 4th Ward of Ames, 1995 – 2003, and Ames mayor pro tem, 2002. Served as treasurer of Story County Democratic Central Committee. Served on board of directors of the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau, Mayor’s Veishea Task Force, Story County REAP Committee, and Ames Utility Retirement Board. Member of Ames Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club of Ames, Ames Patriotic Council (treasurer and past president), League of Women Voters of Ames & Story County, and Story County Tobacco Task Force. Served as co-chair of Ames Veterans Memorial Committee. Leadership Ames graduate.
Member, School Finance Formula Review Committee. Member ex officio, Iowa College Student Aid Commission, Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Commission, Iowa Comprehensive Health Insurance Association Board. Alternate member, Midwestern Higher Education Compact.
Birth and Residence
Born in 1950 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Raised in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, and Brookfield, Wisconsin. Resides in Ames.