Summary: Brande's father taught at Wiley College at the same time that Professor Tolson lead his great debate team as depicted in the 2007 movie, The Great Debaters, starring Denzel Washington. Brande describes how he became a Baha'i in Austin, TX in 1960. Brande dedicates this interview to the memory of "my dearest, beautiful wife, Evelyn [Breckenridge] Watson, whom I had seen in a most vivid vision in 1955 at a very low point in my life, but whose corporeal self I first saw in 1987. She passed away April 3, 2003 in my arms." Brande's list of accomplishments include: Listed in 'WHO'S WHO OF INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONALS' vol 2 1998 edition, p. 1439, was national champion sprinter [100 yard dash and 220 yard dash] in 1952, college professor [International Business] at Central State Univ. and Antioch College in Ohio [also debate team coach], dean of the Louis G. Gregory Baha'i Institute in S.Carolina 1973 to 1975.
