It is about 90 minutes. Tonight as i said we are partnering with the Hauenstein Center. If you have not heard bill brands speak before, you will be delighted, and if you have been here in the past, youre in for another treat. Please join me in welcoming my colleague, gleaves whitney, director of the Hauenstein Center to introduce our speaker. [applause] thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction. We really appreciate our partnership with the ford. It is always a treat. We will continue to bring you excellent programs. That stimulate the mind and heart for public service. Happy washingtons birthday to our cspan audience and our audience here at the ford. Its really neat to be here recognizing washingtons birthday. Its always a pleasure to host bill brands. We have had him back to west michigan so many times i have lost count. He should be awarded a lifetime tenure award. I have probably personally introduced bill more than a dozen times. Each time i go back and check his bi
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I am the host of todays discussion. Since 2003, the director of the Hauenstein Center for president ial studies named after colonel ralph hauenstein, whom we will be speaking of. I am joined on stage by two individuals for whom world war ii is no abstraction. Two your right is the daughter of the late ambassador. Her father is remembered as the envoy who tried to negotiate peace with america while the , Japanese Military was secretly trying to attack pearl harbor. Her mother was american from new york city. After world war ii, she married an american, worked in commercial real estate, and lived much of her life in the grand rapids area. One of her greatgrandchildren , garrett, is in the audience. Is a candidate in the Cook Leadership Academy. To your farright is the youngest grandson of colonel ralph hauenstein. Brians grandfather is pressed is best known as eisenhowers u. S. Army officer who liberated paris and places of unbelievable horror. After the war, ralph discovered his vocatio
Envoy who tried who she ate tried to negotiate peace while the Japanese Military was secretly trying to attack pearl harbor. Her mother was american from new york city. She marriedwar ii, an american, worked in commercial real estate, and lived much of her life in the grand rapids area. One of her greatgrandchildren is in the audience. Theour farright is youngest grandson of colonel ralph hauenstein. Brians grandfather is pressed known is best known as s u. S. Army officer and placesed paris of unbelievable horror. After the war, ralph discovered his vocation as an entre nous or and he is an entrepreneur and recognized as the father of goldfish crackers. In the private sector, he also became one of west michigans lead philanthropists. It is more than the fact that his name is on buildings. Spent most ofas his adult life in west michigan. He is the organizations Senior Advisor and serves on the Hauenstein Centers cabinet. Brians daughter is also in the audience, a recent graduate of the
Her father is remembered now as the envoy who tried to negotiate peace and for the goodwill with america while the Japanese Military was secretly preparing to attack pearl harbor. She is the youngest of ambassador crews three children. Her mother was american from new york city. After world war ii she married an american, worked in commercial real estate, and lived much of for a adult life in the grand rapids area. One of her greatgrandchildren is in the audience. A candidate in the leadership academy. To your farright is the youngestenstein, grandson of colonel ralph hauenstein. Brians grandfather is pressed best known as eisenhowers u. S. Army officer u. S. Army officer who liberated paris and into places of unbelievable horror. After the war, ralph discovered as an entrepreneur and recognized as the father of goldfish crackers. [laughter] in theughout his career private sector, he also became one of mesh west michigans lead philanthropists. I will say later, its more than just the f