Английская Википедия:Herbert S. Auerbach

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Herbert S. Auerbach (October 4, 1882 – March 19, 1945) was a prominent Jewish businessman in Salt Lake City and also a Republican[1] member of the Utah House of Representatives.

Early life and education

Auerbach was born on October 4, 1882, in Salt Lake City,[2] where his father ran a department store. At age 15 he went to Germany to study at J. J. Meier School in Wiesbaden, then Lausanne, Switzerland.[2] He then went to Columbia University where he received a degree in metallurgy in 1906.[2]

Career

He spent the next five years working with mines in Colorado, but from 1911 on spent his time running the family department store in Salt Lake City.[2]

Auerbach also served as a member of the University of Utah board of regents, a major in the Ordnance Section of the United States Army during World War I,[2] and a member of the Utah State Legislature from 1925 to 1929.

Auerbach also pursued studies in Utah history and was a poet and songwriter.

Death and legacy

Auerbach died on March 19, 1945.[2]

Although a Jew, his funeral was held at the Salt Lake Assembly Hall of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Frank W. Asper as organist and Jessie Evans Smith singing at least one solo.

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