| Herbert S. Auerbach | |
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1882 |
| Birth Place: | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Laterwork: | member of the Utah House of Representatives |
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.
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]
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.
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.