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Herbert Hiken Kohl (February 7, 1935 – December 27, 2023) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served 24 years as a United States senator from Wisconsin , from 1989 to 2013, and earlier served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin .
Herbert Ralph Kohl (born August 22, 1937) [1] is an American educator best known for his advocacy of progressive alternative education [2] and as the author of more than thirty books on education. [3] He founded the 1960s Open School movement [4] and is credited with coining the term "open classroom". [5]
Herbert Kohl could refer to: Herb Kohl (1935–2023), American politician from Wisconsin; Herbert R. Kohl (born 1937), American educator; See also.
36 Children is the 1967 memoir of Herbert Kohl's service as a young teacher working in an impoverished New York public school. [1] The book includes a chapter titled "Journey through Space and Time", written and illustrated by Robert George Jackson III, one of his students, age eleven.
Kohl's (stylized in all caps) is an American department store retail chain, operated by Kohl's Corporation. It currently has 1,165 locations, operating stores in every U.S. state except Hawaii . The company was founded by Polish immigrant Maxwell Kohl, who opened a corner grocery store in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , in 1927.
Herb Kohl left the management in 1979, [7] eventually becoming a United States senator and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks. The firm then expanded Kohl's presence from 10 to 39 stores in Wisconsin. The grocery stores were sold to A&P in 1983, [8] [9] operating under the name Kohl's Food Store, and later Kohl's Food Emporium. In February 2003, A&P ...
Herbert Vollrath Kohler Jr. (February 20, 1939 – September 3, 2022) was an American billionaire businessman, a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin, and the executive chairman of the Kohler Company, a manufacturing and hospitality company in Kohler, Wisconsin, best known for its plumbing products, golf courses, and resorts, with the latter two fields of business directly entered into ...
Kohl was the company’s president from 1970 to 1978. The family sold their interest in the business in 1979. The sale helped Kohl invest not only in sports, but fund a successful campaign for the ...