Senator Herman C. Quirmbach View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 80 (2003) - 91 (2025)
Home County: Story
Herman C. Quirmbach
Story County

Term

Serving sixth term in Senate.

Profession

Retired economics professor at Iowa State University.

Education

Graduated from Central High School in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Received B.A. in government with honors from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

Memberships and Activities

City council for the Fourth 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.

Birth and Residence

Born in 1950 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Raised in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, and Brookfield, Wisconsin. Resides in Ames.