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Opportunities to Invest Hank Brown Leadership Scholarship at Colorado Law Hank Brown level 2:Layout 1 8/4/08 8:19 AM Page 2

For Hank Brown (JD ’69), the University of Colorado Law School provided a rigorous professional education in an atmosphere befitting his stalwart leadership abilities. Since then, he has pursued a lifetime of achievement and service to society at every turn. Throughout a career that has included the U.S. Navy, Monfort of Colorado, state and federal elective office, the Daniels Fund, and the presidency of the University of Colorado, Brown’s leadership and civic commit- ment have exemplified the highest hopes we have for our graduates.

The Hank Brown Leadership Scholarship program will bolster Colorado Law’s ability to draw students bound for a life of exemplary leadership and service within the legal profes- sion and beyond. Your support for this new scholarship will enhance our ability to compete with other top-tier law schools and foster the traits that have made Hank Brown one of Colorado’s most respected citizens. A Transformative Scholarship We are raising an endowment of at least $3 million to fund two full-tuition Hank Brown Leadership Scholarships. A generous Monfort Family Foundation gift launched the campaign, funding one three-year scholarship for each of the next five years starting The Wolf Law Building at the in fall 2008. The Monfort gift provides the incentive for raising a permanent endowment University of Colorado Law School. to allow the program to continue beyond the first five scholars in perpetuity. It will support a legal education every year for two incoming students with demonstrated records and commitments to leadership and service. This scholarship program comes at a critical crossroads for growth in student aid. Col- orado Law’s ranking is solid and rising, placing us among the best law schools in the nation. While our reputation is enhanced by the achievements of graduates such as Hank Brown, our future success will require us to remain accessible to emerging leaders, re- gardless of their ability to pay. Today, our scholarship program is not keeping pace with those of peer schools. As state support declines and private endowments remain modest, tuition is driven up, excluding many worthy people who depend on financial assistance. Only with substantial private support can Colorado Law attract, educate, and inspire future leaders of the bench, bar, business community, and public sector. We need your help to achieve this goal. Hank Brown level 2:Layout 1 8/4/08 8:19 AM Page 3

Honest, Forthright Leadership Hank Brown knows that hard work, done responsibly and in the service of justice, earns the respect of your peers and leads to a rewarding life. Even early in life, Hank Brown brought people together toward common goals. As the University of Colorado undergraduate student body president, he secured passage of the first student government reorganization in more than 20 years. After a decorated tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, his 1969 University of Colorado Law School degree led him rapidly up the ladder with Monfort of Colorado. He proceeded onward to the Colorado Senate, five consecutive U.S. House of Representatives terms, and a term in A young Hank Brown in the U.S. Navy. the U.S. Senate. During his time in government, Hank Brown earned respect from Democrats and Republicans alike. U.S. Senate colleague Alan Simpson of Wyoming described Hank Brown as the epitome of the old phrase, “If you have integrity, nothing else matters, and if you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.”

In Service of Philanthropy and Higher Education After leaving politics in 1998, Hank Brown did not slow down. He led the University of Northern Colorado and the billion-dollar Daniels Fund before being inaugurated in June 2005 as the 21st president of the University of Colorado, serving with distinction until his March 2008 retirement. During his tenure, he instilled broad public confidence in the University of Colorado with his honesty, leadership skills, and character. Fundraising, enrollment, and research set new records during his presidency. Since stepping down as president, Hank Brown has accepted a chaired professorship at CU, and continues to teach at Colorado Law as well as to undergraduate students. He challenges students to understand the legislative process better, and continues a relation- ship with the University of Colorado that has spanned more than a half century. Hank Brown’s 1961 University of Colorado yearbook photo. As an undergraduate, he was student “For more than a century, Colorado Law has provided an body president. affordable legal education to future leaders who are committed to serving their communities and the nation. Today, with rising tuition costs and limited financial aid, many promising young people may not have access to the education in professional and civic responsibility that CU offers.”

—Dean David Getches, University of Colorado Law School Hank Brown level 2:Layout 1 8/4/08 8:19 AM Page 4

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Contact CU’s Greatest Leaders Julie Levine Development Director “I’ve always taken and felt this place as part of me wherever I went. Law School It has more meaning than you can possibly imagine.” University of Colorado —Hank Brown, about the University of Colorado Foundation Campus Box 401 Hank Brown epitomizes the tradition of outstanding University of Colorado Law School Boulder, CO 80309-0401 graduates who have served the state as judges, elected officials, lawyers, and business and Phone: 303.735.6196 civic leaders. In 2006 alone, 10 Colorado Law alumni were elected to state office, and Fax: 303.492.1757 today more than 200 of the state’s judges are Colorado Law graduates. [email protected] Colorado Law is committed to continuing this legacy. By attracting tomorrow’s leaders and enabling them to attain a legal education, we can fulfill our stated mission of instill- ing in our students “an awareness of a lawyer’s civic responsibilities and opportunities to serve and lead.” Your gift in support of the Hank Brown Leadership Scholarship will help keep Colorado Law an incubator of leadership and pay fitting tribute to Hank Brown’s service to the University of Colorado, the state, and the nation.