Personal Information

• Full-time Legislator/Retired Businessman
• Residing at 105 Bellwood Dr., Clover
• Born May 17 in New York, New York (a six-week resident of New York at birth)
• Son of the late Isadore and the late Yetta Kirsh
• Duke University, B.A., 1949
• January 29, 1950 married the late Suzanne S.
• Member, Temple Emanuel
• Mason
• Shriner
• Former President, Clover Chamber of Commerce
• Former Boy Scout Leader and Eagle Scout
• Clover Man of the Year, 1976
• Distinguished Service Award, South Carolina Municipal Association, 1985
• Charter member, Clover Jaycees
• County Delegate, State Democratic Convention
• Chairman, Clover Community Bank, 1991-
• South Carolina Department of Revenue, Legislator of the Year, 1996
• Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce, Citizen of the Year, 1999
• Pioneer Award, Greater Clover Chamber of Commerce, 2001
• Appreciation Award, South Carolina Association of Auditors, Treasurers, and Tax Collectors, 2001
• South Carolina Association of Counties, Home Rule Guardian Award, 2003
• Outstanding Service Award, South Carolina Department of Revenue, Directors, 2003
• Mack E. McCarter Award for Citizenship and Community Service, 2004
• Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Housing Authority, 2005
• Named 357 Acre "Herb Kirsh Wildlife Conservation Area", South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 2005
• Legislator of the Year, State Retirees Association of South Carolina, 2006
• Longest serving House member in the 2009 South Carolina House of Representatives
• Chairman, House Invitations and Memorial Resolutions Committee, 2008-
• 2 years United States Navy Reserves