About the Brandt Foundation
2011-2012 Speaker
Robert A. Levy, Ph.D., J.D.
Chairman, Cato Institute
7 p.m., Monday, October 3, 2011
Jordan Ballroom, Student Union Bldg.
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Dr. Robert A. Levy, chairman of the Cato Institute's board of directors, is an expert on constitutional law. He joined Cato as senior fellow in constitutional studies in 1997 after 25 years in business. Today he also sits on boards of the Institute for Justice, the Federalist Society, and the George Mason University School of Law. He founded CDA Investment Technologies, a major provider of financial information and software, and was its CEO until 1991. In addition, Levy clerked for Judge Royce C. Lamberth on the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.[more]
THE JOHN H. & ORAH I. BRANDT FOUNDATION
John H. and Orah I. Brandt
John Brandt and his wife Orah were community leaders in Nampa throughout their lives, actively supporting private and public education and other community endeavors with both financial contributions and commitment of their time. John Brandt farmed, taught school, developed a thriving real estate business, worked to bring businesses to Nampa, and, with his wife, pursued many philanthropic projects.
Orah married John in 1931, and they shared 51 years together, raising three children. Also a teacher, Orah organized a group of ladies who canned and served food to provide free lunches in the schools. Like John, Orah was honored throughout her life for her community involvement.
Both John and Orah had an abiding belief in the value and virtue of free enterprise, and they established the John H. and Orah I. Brandt Foundation to support those values in perpetuity.
The Trustees of the Brandt Foundation are:
Don Brandt—Chairman of the Brandt Foundation board of trustees; son of John and Orah Brandt and President of the Brandt Agency.
Lawerance Gray—Long-time Nampa farmer, active in many community organizations.
Jerry Hess—Chairman of the Board of Trustees, College of Western Idaho; and President and CEO, J.M. Hess Construction.
J.R. Schiller—Attorney and District and State Court Judge for over twelve years.
Dan Symms—Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Symms Fruit Ranch.