Howard Fieldstead Ahmanson, Jr (born 1950) is an American millionaire philanthropist who funds the causes of Christian fundamentalism. 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A millionaire is a person who has a net worth or wealth of more than one million United States dollars, euros, UK pounds or units of a comparably valued currency. ... A philanthropist is someone who devotes his or her time, money, or effort towards helping others. ... Fundamentalist Christianity is a fundamentalist movement, especially within American Protestantism. ...

Biography

Ahmanson is the son of the American financier Howard Ahmanson, Sr (1906 — 1968) and his wife. His parents divorced when he was 10, and his mother died shortly afterwards. Despite the trappings of wealth, he was a lonely child "I resented my family background, [my father] could never be a role model, whether by habits or his lifestyle, it was never anything I wanted." Howard Ahmanson, Sr died when his son was 18, and Ahmanson Jr inherited a vast fortune. 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

He moved to Kansas and then went to Occidental College, where he obtained a degree in economics. He then toured Europe, but returned because of arthritis. He earned a master's degree in linguistics at the University of Texas at Arlington. Occidental College, located in Los Angeles, California, is a small, coeducational, liberal arts college. ... Broadly conceived, linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ... The University of Texas at Arlington (full official name), usually referred to asUT-Arlington or UTA, is the largest institution of The University of Texas System in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and is second in size (in the region) only to the University of North Texas. ...

He then became a Calvinist, and later became interested in Christian Reconstructionism. In an unadorned church, the 17th century congregation stands to hear the sermon. ... Christian Reconstructionism is a religious and theological movement within Protestant Christianity. ...

He married his wife Roberta Green Ahmanson in 1986. He is somewhat reclusive and suffers from Tourette's syndrome; his wife usually makes announcements for him. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tourette syndrome — also called Tourettes syndrome, Tourette Spectrum (TS), Tourettes disorder, or Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (after its discoverer, Georges Gilles de la Tourette) — is a neurological or neurochemical disorder characterized by tics — involuntary, rapid, sudden movements or vocalizations that occur repeatedly in the same way. ...

Philanthrophy

Ahmanson founded the Fieldstead Institute. He is a major funder of the Discovery Institute, whose Center for Science and Culture opposes the theory of evolution and manages a public relations campaign promoting "intelligent design". He funded a four-year series of conferences on holistic development co-sponsored with Food for the Hungry International, held in Thailand, Zimbabwe, Ecuador, and the Philippines, an international photo exhibit and book on the victims of war in Nagarno-Karabagh, support for music education for elementary students in public schools in Orange County, California, sponsorship of Stanley Spencer: An English Vision, a retrospective exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Contemporary Art in Mexico City, and the Palace of Fine Art in San Francisco; He funded the magazine Chalcedon Report, which carried an article calling for homosexuals to be stoned. He funds the Claremont Institute, a think-tank which promoted a video in which Charlton Heston praises "the God-fearing Caucasian middle class". Although donating to the United States Republican Party, some of his donations have been returned because of his views. The Discovery Institute was founded in 1990 by Bruce Chapman and George Gilder as a conservative Christian think tank[1] based in Seattle, Washington, USA. Its areas of interest, social and political action include intelligent design, science, technology, environment and economy, international affairs, culture, defense, legal reform, religion and public... The Center for Science and Culture (CSC), formerly known as the Center for Renewal of Science and Culture (CRSC), is part of the Discovery Institute, a conservative Christian think tank in the United States. ... Charles Darwin, father of the theory of evolution by natural selection. ... Intelligent Design (or ID) is the controversial assertion which states that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by positing an intelligent designer. ... Location of Orange County within California. ... Categories: Museum stubs | Museums in Washington, DC | Art museums and galleries in the U.S. | Smithsonian Institution | National Mall ... Homosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love, or sexual desire exclusively for another of the same sex. ... Stoning is a form of capital punishment in which a human is put to death by having stones thrown at them repeatedly, generally by a crowd, the normal form, allowing society at large to participate in the administration of justice. ... The Claremont Institute is a conservative think tank based in Claremont, California. ... Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1924), is an American film actor noted for heroic roles. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...

Phillip E. Johnson is an author and lecturer, known as an advocate for the intelligent design movement, which criticizes the theory of evolution and the dominance of naturalism as a philosophical premise throughout academia. ... The Wedge strategy is a political action treatise that was included in fundraising materials for the Discovery Institute, an organization that, as part of its many activities, hopes to promote Intelligent Design as an alternative to scientific naturalism, materialism and Darwinism (macroevolution through purely materialistic mechanisms). ... Teach the Controversy is a controversial political-action campaign originating from the Discovery Institute[1] that seeks to advance an education policy for US public schools that introduces intelligent design to public school science curricula and seeks to redefine science to allow for supernatural explanations. ... The Discovery Institute was founded in 1990 by Bruce Chapman and George Gilder as a conservative Christian think tank[1] based in Seattle, Washington, USA. Its areas of interest, social and political action include intelligent design, science, technology, environment and economy, international affairs, culture, defense, legal reform, religion and public...

External links

• Howard Fieldstead Ahmanson, Jr.
• Howard Ahmanson, Board of Directors - Discovery Institute
• Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. article at Sourcewatch
• Diebold, Electronic Voting and the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
• Avenging angel of the religious right, Salon Magazine.
• From Genesis to Dominion
• Christian Reconstructionism