Herman Quirmbach

American politician

Herman C. Quirmbach


Member of the Iowa Senate from the 23rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 13, 2003
Preceded by	Joe Bolkcom
Constituency	District 25 - (2023-Present) District 23 - (2003-2023)

Personal details
Born	(1950-10-06) October 6, 1950 (age 73) St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Harvard University (B.A.) Princeton University (Ph.D.)
Occupation	Associate Professor of Economics
Website	Quirmbach's website

Herman Charles Quirmbach (born October 6, 1950) is an American politician and academic. He is a member of the Iowa Senate from the 23rd district. A Democrat, he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003 and on the Ames City Council from 1995 to 2003.

Early life

Quirmbach was born on October 6, 1950, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He grew up in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, and Brookfield, Wisconsin.^[1] He graduated from Central High School and then received his bachelors' of arts degree in government from Harvard University, where he roomed with biochemist and Nobel laureate Roger Y. Tsien.^[1]^[2] He earned his masters and Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University, after completing a doctoral dissertation "Input prices and the horizontal and vertical structure of industry."^[1]^[3]

Career

After earning his doctoral degree, Quirmbach became an associate professor of economics at Iowa State University.^[4]

Quirmbach serves on several committees in the Iowa Senate—the Education committee; the Human Resources committee; the Judiciary committee; and the Ways and Means committee; and the Local Government committee, where he is chair. He also serves as vice chair of the Education Appropriations Subcommittee.

Quirmbach was re-elected in 2006 with 11,782 votes (57%), defeating Republican opponent Linda Livingston.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "State Senator". www.legis.iowa.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^ "Harvard Alumni Win Nobel Prize | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
^ Quirmbach, Herman Charles (1983). Imput prices and the horizontal and vertical structure of industry. Princeton University.
^ "People | Department of Economics". www.econ.iastate.edu. Retrieved Feb 28, 2019.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2006-11-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Senator Herman Quirmbach official Iowa Legislature site
Senator Herman Quirmbach official Iowa General Assembly site
State Senator Herman Quirmbach official constituency site
Profile at Vote Smart

Iowa Senate
Preceded by Annette Sweeney	25th District 2023 - Present	Succeeded by Jack Whitver
Preceded by Joe Bolkcom	23rd District 2003 - 2023	Succeeded by Incumbent