Brandt, Edward R., 1931-2013
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Name (Latin)
Brandt, Edward R., 1931-2013
Other forms of name
Brandt, Ed, 1931-2013
Brandt, Edward Reimer, 1931-2013
Brandt, Edward R., 1931-
Date of birth
1931-11-17
Date of death
2013-01-17
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Diplomatic and consular service, American
Genealogy
Indoor air quality--Law and legislation
Political science--Study and teaching
Occupation
Legislators
College teachers
Diplomats
Genealogists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Contents and addresses of Hungarian archives, c1992:t.p. (Edward Reimer Brandt)
- Tributes. "Remembering Ed Brandt -- January 17, 2013", by Mary Bellingham, Kermit Frye and Kent Cutkomp (We, at Germanic Genealogy Society, were saddened to learn that Edward R. Brandt, age 81, of Minneapolis passed away on January 17, 2013 ... Ed Brandt was a member of GGS for over 30 years and co-author of Germanic Genealogy. He served as GGS vice-president and ... wrote a large number of articles for the Germanic Genealogy Journal ... He became a leading authority on Germanic genealogy, authoring several books ... Ed was born to a Mennonite family in southwestern Kansas ...although he was raised near the small farming town of Steinbach, Manitoba ...In 1958 he began a 10-year career as a Foreign Service officer for the U.S. Information Agency (which was part of the State Department). Ed served two terms in the Minnesota State legislature as a representative from Minneapolis. Ed earned a PhD in Political Science and taught at the university level for 20 years. He was also very active in a poetry society. ( (Germanic Genealogy Society (Website), veiwed February 10, 2019:) )
- Germanic genealogy, 2013:title page (Edward R. Brandt, Ph. D.)
- His Brandt roots, 1605-1988, 1988:t.p. (Edward R. Brandt) p. 10 (b. 11/17/1931 in Satanta, Kansas; resides in Minneapolis, Minn.)
- Edward R. Brandt (Brandt, Edward R. age 81, of Mpls., passed away peacefully after a long illness on January 17, 2013 ... While posted in Washington DC in 1963, Ed took part in the March on Washington, where he witnessed the "I have a dream" speech of Martin Luther King, Jr. ... On returning to Minnesota in the late 60s, Ed became involved in local politics, serving as the state representative for SE and NE Mpls from 1968 through 1972. His greatest public service achievement was his leadership in non-smokers rights; he co-founded and was the first president of the Association of Non-Smokers Rights (ANSR). Both in and out of the legislature, he tirelessly led the drive that resulted in the 1975 passage of the bill he had written, the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, which was the first non-smokers rights legislation in the US ... After he received his doctorate in 1970, Ed began a 20-year career teaching political science, with his happiest years spent on the faculty of the University of St. Thomas in the 1970s ... Upon retiring from teaching in 1992, Ed found a new passion as a Germanic genealogist. He co-founded the Germanic Genealogy Society and the multinational Federation of East European Family History Societies, serving in a leadership capacity in both organizations ... Published on January 20, 2013 ( (StarTribune, (Website) [via Google search], viewed February 10, 2019:) )