William J. Hume
William J. Hume, a.k.a. Jerry Hume, is an American heir, businessman and conservative philanthropist.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Early life
William J. Hume was born to Bill Hume, co-founder with his uncle Jaquelin Hume of Basic American Foods, the world's largest supplier of dried potato and bean products.[5] He graduated from Moravian College in 1958.[6]
Career
He serves as Chairman of his family business, Basic American Foods.[1][2][3][4][5]
Philanthropy
He has been described by The Los Angeles Times as a "major Republican donor."[4] In the early 1990s, he donated US$100,000 for school vouchers in Colorado and Oregon.[4] By 1995, he was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson to serve on the California State Board of Education, where he supported school choice.[1][4] He was also Chairman of the California Academy of Sciences and he served on the Boards of Trustees of the California Council on Economic Education and Teach For America.[1] In 1996, he donated US$200,000 to support Ward Connerly's Proposition 209, which amended the state constitution to prohibit state government institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity, specifically in the areas of public employment, public contracting or public education.[7]
He is Chairman of the Foundation for Teaching Economics.[1][2][8] He sits on the Boards of Trustees of The Heritage Foundation, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, The Foundation for Educational Choice, the Center for Education Reform, and DonorsTrust.[1][2][3][7] He has also donated to the Jaqueline Hume Foundation, named for his late uncle, where he serves as Second Vice President and Treasurer.[9][10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Heritage Foundation Board of Trustees
- ^ a b c d DonorsTrust
- ^ a b c The Foundation for Educational Choice Board of Directors
- ^ a b c d e Voucher Backer Confirmed by Senate, The Los Angeles Times, March 31, 1995
- ^ a b Basic American Foods, About Us
- ^ Moravian College Annual Report
- ^ a b Lee Cokorinos, The Big Money Behind Ward Connerly, Equal Justice Society
- ^ The Foundation for Teaching Economics Board of Trustees
- ^ Cleveland State University: The Jaqueline Hume Foundation
- ^ Justin Torres, Jaquelin Hume Foundation, Philanthropy, March / April 2006