Herman Charles Quirmbach (born October 6, 1950) is an American politician and academic. He is currently serving as a member of the

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from the 23rd district. A

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, he has served in the

since 2003 and served on the

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City Council from 1995 to 2003.

Early life

Quirmbach was born on October 6, 1950, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He grew up in

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, and

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. 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. He earned his masters and Ph.D. in economics from

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, after completing a doctoral dissertation "Input prices and the horizontal and vertical structure of industry."

Career

After earning his doctoral degree, Quirmbach became an associate professor of economics at

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. Quirmbach currently 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 Party of Iowa, Republican opponent Linda Livingston.

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