Eric Fingerhut

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Eric Fingerhut
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 25th district
In office
January 5, 1999-December 31, 2006
Preceded by Judy Sheerer
Succeeded by Lance Mason
In office
January 3, 1991-December 12, 1992
Preceded by Lee Fisher
Succeeded by Judy Sheerer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 19th district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by Ed Feighan
Succeeded by Steve LaTourette
Personal details
Born (1959-05-06) May 6, 1959[1]
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Amy Fingerhut

Eric David Fingerhut is the President and CEO of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life.[2] Prior he served as the corporate Vice President of Education and STEM Learning business at Battelle Memorial Institute, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of a Regents and Ohio Senator.

Based in Columbus, Ohio, where it was founded in 1929, Battelle, the world’s largest independent research and development organization, specializes in scientific and medical research and generates approximately $6.5 billion in research and development activity annually and oversees more than 22,000 employees worldwide.

Fingerhut was appointed Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents on March 14, 2007 by Governor Ted Strickland.[3] This position is a member of the Ohio Governor's Cabinet.[4] On February 22, 2011, he submitted his resignation to the Governor of Ohio John Kasich, effective March 14, 2011, after serving four years (one year before the end of his five-year term). Chancellor Fingerhut earned a reputation as an innovative leader and ardent advocate of the value of higher education.[5] He left with high praise from the Ohio’s newspapers. An editorial in the Columbus Dispatch declared, “[Eric Fingerhut’s] diplomacy, energy, pragmatism and knowhow will be missed.”[5]

Family Life

Eric Fingerhut is married to Amy Fingerhut and has two sons, Sam and Charlie. His parents are Samuel z"l and Alice Fingerhut. He has been an active member in the Jewish community serving as a teacher and President of his synagogue.

Early Work & Education

Fingerhut earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University in 1981 and a law degree from Stanford University in 1984. He practiced law at Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP in Cleveland until becoming associate director of Cleveland Works, where he served in from 1987 to 1989. Fingerhut served as the campaign manager for then candidate for Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White and then became the director of his transition team.

Politics

Fingerhut served as an Ohio state senator from 1991 to 1993. In 1992, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 19th congressional district and began serving in 1993 (103rd Congress). In his re-election bid in 1994, however, Fingerhut was defeated by Lake County Prosecutor Steve LaTourette. After his defeat in Congress, Fingerhut easily won a seat again in the Ohio Senate, representing district 25. He served two full terms from 1999 through 2007, retiring due to term limits.

Support for Israel

While representing Ohio’s 19th district in the 103rd Congress, Eric was the co-sponsor of four bills in support of Israel. Including:

• H.R. 1407 confronted a boycott of the State of Israel by aiming “To prohibit government-to-government and commercial arms sales to any country that is participating in or cooperating with the boycott of Israel by Arab countries.”[6]
• H.R. 3646 unequivocally voiced its support for Israel seeking to “restrict sales and leases of defense articles and defense services to any country or international organization which as a matter of policy or practice is known to have sent letters to United States firms requesting compliance with, or soliciting information regarding compliance with, the secondary or tertiary Arab boycott.”[7]

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References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel:_The_Foundation_for_Jewish_Campus_Life
  3. ↑ Provance, Jim (2007-03-22). "House votes to strengthen chancellor: Bill to weaken state regents in higher education heads to Senate.". Toledo Blade. 
  4. ↑ Wolford, Ben (2008-11-12). "Chancellor Eric Fingerhut to spend the night at KSU". Daily Kent Stater. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Editorial: Well Done". Columbus Dispatch. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013. 
  6. ↑ . THOMAS.gov http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c103:H.R.1407.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ . THOMAS.gov [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d103:h.r.03646: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d103:h.r.03646:].  Missing or empty |title= (help)
Preceded by
New Position		 Chancellor of University System of Ohio
2007 – 2011 		Succeeded by
Jim Petro
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Ed Feighan		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 19th congressional district
1993–1995 		Succeeded by
Steve LaTourette
Party political offices
Preceded by
Mary Boyle		 Democratic Nominee for the U.S. Senate (Class 3) from Ohio
2004 		Succeeded by
Lee Fisher
Authority control
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