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DIANE BRANDT

Diane (Robinson) Brandt was born on August 28, 1938 in Emmett County. She graduated from Armstrong High School and attended Iowa State University, receiving her Bachelors of Science in 1961. After graduation she moved to Cedar Falls.

She became involved in public service shortly after moving to Cedar Falls, volunteering on the Cedar Falls Planning and Zoning Commission and serving as president of the Waterloo Branch of the AAUW, president of the League of Women Voters of Waterloo-Cedar Falls, and board member of the League of Women Voters of Iowa.

In 1984, she had completed a degree in accounting at the University of Northern Iowa and worked for Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, returning to Cedar Falls in 1999.

Brandt in 2003, talked with Iowa State University to establish an endowed fund of nearly $2.1 million, to serve student support benefitting women in science, engineering, math and other fields in which women have traditionally been under-represented. The fund began to benefit Iowa State students in the fall of 2012, establishing another valuable scholarship resource on campus created by women, for women.

Diane was a Democrat from Black Hawk County. She was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1975 serving in four terms. In her lifetime, she found a way to serve the community that was meaningful and enabled her to have an important impact.

Diane Brandt passed away on June 1, 2010 at the age of 71.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA, That in the passing of the Honorable Diane Brandt, the State has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this Resolution would express its appreciation of her service.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House, and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

SANDY SALMON

ANESA KAJTAZOVIC

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