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Hruska co-founded the Nebraska-based Douglas Theatre Company, the 38th largest cinema chain in [[North America]].

Hruska co-founded the Nebraska-based Douglas Theatre Company, the 38th largest cinema chain in [[North America]].

==Life and career==

==Background==

Hruska was one of eleven children born in David City in Butler County in east central Nebraska, to [[Czech]] [[immigrant]] parents. In 1917, his family moved to [[Omaha]] in Douglas County, at which he graduated from high school and attended the University of Nebraska-Omaha and the [[University of Chicago]] Law School. He graduated in 1929 from the [[Creighton University]] Law School, a Jesuit [[Roman Catholic]] institution in downtown Omaha. He returned to Omaha to practice law.<ref name=wpost>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/04/27/sen-roman-hruska-dies-at-94/633188ba-989e-4236-ae21-d3c6517749b3/|title= Sen. Roman Hruska Dies at 94|author=Richard Pearson|publisher=''The Washington Post''|date=April 27, 1999|accessdate=July 6, 2021}}</ref>

Hruska was one of eleven children born in David City in Butler County in east central Nebraska, to [[Czech]] [[immigrant]] parents. In 1917, his family moved to [[Omaha]] in Douglas County, at which he graduated from high school and attended the University of Nebraska-Omaha and the [[University of Chicago]] Law School. He graduated in 1929 from the [[Creighton University]] Law School, a Jesuit [[Roman Catholic]] institution in downtown Omaha. He returned to Omaha to practice law.<ref name=wpost>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/04/27/sen-roman-hruska-dies-at-94/633188ba-989e-4236-ae21-d3c6517749b3/|title= Sen. Roman Hruska Dies at 94|author=Richard Pearson|publisher=''The Washington Post''|date=April 27, 1999|accessdate=July 6, 2021}}</ref>

Hruska's political career began In 1944, when he accepted a seat on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners to succeed a friend who had resigned the post. He served as a regular member from 1944 to 1945 and as chairman from 1945 to 1952.<ref name=wpost/> During his time on the board of commissioners, Hruska also sat on the advisory committee of the Nebraska Board of Control from 1947 to 1952.<ref name=bioguide>{{cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000875|title=Hruska, Roman Lee (1904-1999)|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|publisher=U.S. Congress|accessdate=July 6, 2021}}</ref> He was president of the Nebraska Association of County Officials from 1950 to 1951 and vice president of the National Association of County Officials from 1951 to 1952.<ref name=bioguide/>

Hruska's political career began In 1944, when he accepted a seat on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners to succeed a friend who had resigned the post. He served as a regular member from 1944 to 1945 and as chairman from 1945 to 1952.<ref name=wpost/> During his time on the board of commissioners, Hruska also sat on the advisory committee of the Nebraska Board of Control from 1947 to 1952.<ref name=bioguide>{{cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000875|title=Hruska, Roman Lee (1904-1999)|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|publisher=U.S. Congress|accessdate=July 6, 2021}}</ref> He was president of the Nebraska Association of County Officials from 1950 to 1951 and vice president of the National Association of County Officials from 1951 to 1952.<ref name=bioguide/>