Bio
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| Aaron votes at Special Election |
- Graduated Drake University, 1979, with Business Degree
- Former athlete and stand-up comic
- Finished Rabbinical Degree in Israel
- Invented and patented America's first homestyle hospital bed
- President and founder of Transfer Master Products, Inc.
- Moved to Postville, Iowa in 1998
- Appointed to City Council in January 2001
- Appointment was challenged
- Appeared and was interviewed extensively in print, radio, CNN, and other medias
- Won highly publicized special election in April 2001 (Pictured above right)
- Awarded Northeast Iowa SBA Entrepreneur of the Year, 2001
- Initiated federal mediation with the City of Postville and AgriProcessors
- Won general election in November 2001
- Signed global agreement with City of Postville and AgriProcessors, ending the mediation successfully
- Lobbied and traveled two times to Congress in Washington, D.C.
- Recognized as one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the United States by two different groups
- Guest speaker for the Commission Against Hate Crimes in Omaha, Nebraska
- Keynote speaker for the State of Iowa City Clerks Convention in Des Moines, Iowa
- Guest speaker at the Collel Chabad Dinner in Manhattan, New York
- Nominated for the Charles Bronfman Prize - The Humanitarian Award - in March 2004
- Received Jewish Community Service Award in 2005
- Acquired Comfort King Mattress Factory in Dubuque, Iowa
- Acquired AmericanMassage Products and relocated from Silver Creek, New York, to Postville
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