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Carrying the torch of freedom.


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In this issue of Reason, we acknowledge members of our Torchbearer torch·bear·er  
n.
1. One that carries a torch.

2. One, such as the leader of a government, who imparts knowledge, truth, or inspiration to others.

Noun 1.
 Society, a community of people who advanced the cause of "Free Minds and Free Markets" by making a contribution of $1,000 or more in 2003.

Torchbearer Council

Bruce & Glovance Ames

Frank Baxter

Thomas E. Beach, The Beach Fdn

Frank & Sheldo Bond

Carthage Fdn

Castle Rock Fdn

Richard J. Dennis

William A. Bonn, Dunn's Fdn

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fleming

General Motors

Paul F. Glenn

C. Boyden Gray Clayland Boyden Gray, born February 6, 1943, is the United States Ambassador to the European Union. He took that post on January 17, 2006, when President George W. Bush granted him a recess appointment to the post.  

J. P. Humphreys Fdn

Joseph J. Jacobs

J.W. & Ida M. Jameson Fdn

David Koch There are several people called David Koch:
  • David H. Koch, United States businessman and 1980 U.S. Vice Presidential candidate
  • David Koch, Australian television personality and financial analyst
 

Peter Lewis

Lilly Endowment Lilly Endowment Inc., headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana is one of the world's largest private philanthropic foundations and is among the ten largest such endowments in the United States.

The endowment was founded in 1937 by J. K. Lilly Sr. and his sons Eli and J. K. Jr.
 

Stephan Modzelewski, The Modzelewski Cheritable Trust

Sarah A. O'Dowd & Christopher P. Saari

John William Pope Fdn

Mrs. Spelmen Prentice

Procter & Gamble

John Stagliano John Allen Stagliano (born November 29, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois), also known as Buttman, is an American entrepreneur, pornographic actor, producer, and director. Stagliano, who was a Chippendale dancer before entering porn,[1] is best known for his  

Linda & Harry Teasley

Thames J. Tisch

Platinum Level

AECOM AECOM Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY)
AECOM Architectural and Engineering Company
 

Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

Altria Corporate Services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners.  

American Water Works

Bond Market Assn

California Assn of Realtors

California Building Industry Assn

Louis Carabini

Charles H. Chandler

Chase Fdn of VA (M/M M/M Multi-Media
M/M Mr. and Mrs.
M/M Male/Male
M/M Man/Machine
 Derwood S. Chase Jr.)

ChevronTexaco

Coco-Cola

B & E Collins Fdn

DaimlerChrysler

Dart Fdn

ExxsonMobil

Fluor

Ford

Bob & Sandy Gelfond, Fdn for Freedom & Justice

Hall Ambulance

Mr. Robert C. Hardie

Harrah's Entertainment Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET) is a gaming corporation that owns and operates casinos, hotels, and six golf courses under several brands. The company, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest gaming company in the world, with yearly revenues around $7.11 billion.  

Philip D. Harvey

Graver Hermann Fdn

Mr. & Mrs. John V. Hilberg

Roy C. Hofschneider

James D. Jameson

JELD-WEN Fdn

William J. Johnson

Loews

Macguerie North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  

Microsoft

Occidental Petroleum Occidental Petroleum Corporation ("Oxy") NYSE: OXY is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Middle East/North Africa and Latin America regions.  

Andy & Laurie Okun

Purdue Pharme

James M. Rodney

The Roe Fdn

Sheldon Rose

Chris J. Rufer

Carol & Jack Sanders

Scaife Family Fdn

Tejon Ranch

UST USt Umsatzsteuer (German: Tax)
UST Underground Storage Tank
UST University of St. Thomas (Minnesota, Texas)
UST University of Santo Tomas (Manila, Philippines) 
 Public Affairs

Alex C. Walker Fdn

James & Faith Waters

Mr. & Mrs. Pierluigi Zappacosta

Ray Zemon

Gold Level

Aequus Institute

K. Tucker Andersen

Anheuser-Busch

Ashland

Boar, Stearns

Donald & Karol Boudreaux

BP

California Ambulance Assn

Crew A. Carey

Arthur & Carlyse Ciocca

Cofiroute Global Mobility

Corrections Corp of America

Jim & Denise Curley

DonorsTrust

Freedom Communications

Terry & Carolyn Gannon

Neal Goldman & Marlene Mieske

Granite Construction

Martin G. Grader, William Victor & Frances Claire Groder Memorial Fund of the

Triangle Community Fdn

Dan Grossman

Roger Hertog

William H. Hurt

Infrastructure Management Group

G. Bradford Jones

Michael L. Kaiser

Roy L. Kennell

Manny Manny may refer to:

In nobility:
  • Baron Manny, a title in the Peerage of England
  • Walter de Manny, 1st Baron Manny (died 1372), soldier of fortune and founder of the Charterhouse
People with the given name Manny:
  • Manny (given name)
 & Willette Klausner

Koch Performance Roads

Warren & Kathy Lammert

James W. Lintott

John P. Mackey

Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott

Peck/Jones

Pisces Fdn

Robert W. Poole Jr.

Roadway Express

William E. Simon William Edward Simon (November 27 1927 – June 3 2000) was a businessman, a Secretary of Treasury of the U.S. for three years, and a philanthropist. He became the 63rd Secretary of the Treasury on May 8 1974, during the Nixon administration.  Jr.

Cliff & Bobbie Slater

Vernon L. Smith Vernon Lomax Smith (born January 1, 1927 in Wichita, Kansas) is professor of economics at Chapman University School of Law and School of Business in Orange, California, a research scholar at George Mason University Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, and a Fellow of the  

Wilbur Smith Associates

Shirley Sontheimer, The Sontheimer Fdn

William P. Sterling

Michael E. Tennenbaum

Mr. E. Mrs. Richard A. Wallace

Bob & Zan Walter

Louis A. Witzeman

Jeff Yass

Fred M. Young Jr.

Silver Level

American Farm Bureau Federation The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting, protecting, and representing the interests of U.S. farmers. More than five million members in 50 states and Puerto Rico belong to the AFBF, making it the largest U.S.  

Armstrong Fdn

David & Patricia Atkinson, David R. & Patricia D. Atkinson Fdn

Bryan Babcock

John W. Berresford

Richard C. Blumenstein

Timothy G. Dalton Jr.

Gregory F. Donahue

Howard & Margaret Drollinger

K. Earl Durden

Robert A. Elliott

Tim Ferguson

Gilder gild 1  
tr.v. gild·ed or gilt , gild·ing, gilds
1. To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold.

2. To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to.

3.
 Fdn

The Robert & Marie Hansen Family Fdn

L. Charles Hilton Jr.

Jacobs Engineering

Mal & Florence Johnson

Donald P. Jones Fdn

Mike Laursen

LCOR

Mr. & Mrs. William P. Loving

Paul McMahon

Andrea & Howard Rich

Leslie Rose

Adam & Tara Ross

Louis Simpson

Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer

Edward Solder, The Snider Fdn

Al St. Clair

Sunmark Fdn

Towbes Fdn

Bronze Level

Doug Anton

Arden & Walter Armstrong

J. Robert & Joanna Baur

E.F. Bavis

Timothy & Virginia Beaulac

Don & Pamela Beeth

Douglas & Florence Bolton

Lloyd Botway, Botway Family Fdn

Phil Bowers

Building Industry Assn of Kern County

Hans J. Burgdorf

Kenneth & Colleen Butler

Viggo & Judy Butler

Willard Z. Cerr Jr.

Alan M, Carroll

Paul R Charnetzki

Nancy & Fred Cline

C. Coan

Stereo A. Colson

William H. Conn

Rodger Cosgrove

Elizabeth F. Courtney

John Crosland Jr.

Devon Cross

Emerson Delaubenfels

ArLyne Diamond, Ph.D.

R. Paul Drake & Joyce E. Penner

Durham School Services

John R. Ellis

David Evans

Dwight & Pamela Filley

Marc B. Franklin

Pamela C. Friedman

Rosemary & William Garner Jr.

Charles Gelman, Charles & Rita Gelman Education Philanthropic Fund

The Geo Group

Nick & Katherine Gillespie

Cai & Robin Glackin

Philip & Diana Goldman

Peter Golomb

Matthew E. Graco

Richard C. Green

Norman Greenberg

Daniel L. Gressel

Stina Hans

Norm F. Hapke Jr.

Kenneth Hicks

Theodore R. Hollman

Thornton D. & Elizabeth S. Hooper Fdn

Norms Horvitz

Geoffrey & Debbie Hosta hosta

Any of about 40 species of hardy herbaceous perennials, also called plantain lily, of the genus Hosta, in the lily family, native to eastern Asia. They prefer light shade but will grow under a variety of conditions.
 

John M. Inks

James Irvine Fdn

Steven M. Jackson

Bruce Jacobs

Guy M. Kezirian, M.D., FACS FACS Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

FACS
abbr.
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons



FACS

fluorescence-activated cell sorter.
 

Ted Kingsbery

Norman V. Kinsey

Richard J. Kossmann

Peter Kukol

Byron & Shelby Lamm

Jay Labeyre

Paul & Erica Linthorst

Mary Locetelli

Love Family Trust

Allan W. Lund

Allan & Marilyn MacDougall

Ronald I. Mandle

David R. Mason

Martin Mattern

Roseann P. Mattern

Keith & Sara Mayers

Michael McCroskey

Joseph K. McLaughlin

James Moen

Dr. Kevin L. Moore

Dale F. Ogden

Michael D. Olander

David H. Padden

Cynthia L. Perry

Ken & Claudia Peterson, Peterson Family Fdn

L.E. Phillips Family Fdn

James Proctor

Bessie E. Raider

Frank Resnik

J.B. Reynolds Fdn

James M. Rhodes

Dr. Kelley L. Ross II

Stephen K. & Laura M. Salisbury

Jay Salwen, M.D.

Joel V. Sanders

Virginia Y. Scarlett

Scott & Heidi Scharfman

Bill & Kathy Schjelderup

Alex Schlegel

Schulman Fdn

Ted A. Semon

Robert S. Shahin

Peter S. Sherrod, M.D.

Joe Sloan, Amicas Asset Management

Denison E. Smith

Jeffrey A. Smith

Randall N. Smith & Marlyn A. Friend

Lisa & Mike Snell

Bryan Snyber

T. Mark Stature

Scott A. Stephens & Barb Burch

Robert Swanson, Linear Technology Corporation

Lloyd Taylor

Robert M. Thompson Robert Means Thompson (2 March 1849 - 5 September 1930) was a United States Navy officer.

He was born in Corsica, Pennsylvania.

He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy on 30 July 1864.
 Jr.

Loronzo & Margaret Thomson

Richard C. Thurber Jr.

Evelyn Deering Timmons, F.A.C.A.

John P. Torrance

J. Thomas Touchton

Robert M. Ulrich

Matthew T. Ungs

Ron Unz

L.A. Villadsen

J.D. & Gretel Van Pischke

Christopher W. Walker

Watson Land Company

Richard W. Weekley, Richard W. Weekley Family Fund of the

Greater Houston Community Fdn

Robert M. Weekley

Kerry L. Welsh

Western States Petroleum Assn

Harry L. White

Stanley J. Wiegand

Ruth & A. Morris Williams Jr.

Winchester Fdn

Terry & Shelley Wintory

Will Wohler

Arthur Yakubovsky

Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Young

Eric & Katina Zepp

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