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	Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation - dKosopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		DeVos attended the Christian Calvin College, and he has been associated with numerous other Christian and conservative organizatons, such as the Council for National Policy, the Chairman's Council of the Conservative Caucus, the Free Congress Foundation, and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy.
		The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation also contributes to the Council for National Policy, where Richard DeVos has served on the executive committee and board of governors and which has been described as "very dangerous and dangerously secretive"in the eyes of liberals.
		The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation also provides grants to the Free Congress Foundation (FCF), which claims that its main focus is on the "Culture War." It hopes to "return [America] to the culture that made it great, our traditional Judeo-Christian, Western culture."[4] It opposes multiculturalism, political correctness and liberal politics.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Richard_and_Helen_DeVos_Foundation (1744 words)

	DeVos gets a new heart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		DeVos, the 71-year-old founder of Amway Corp. and one of the country's richest men, was recovering Tuesday at a London hospital from a heart transplant operation Monday, according to a statement released by his family Tuesday.
		DeVos waited five months for his new heart -- half the average time a person in Michigan waits for a heart transplant.
		The DeVos family has given large sums of money to the American Heart Association, said the associate, and "his spiritualism and passion for life inspires many" -- factors that may have convinced British doctors to believe he was a good candidate.
	www.rickross.com /reference/amway/amway18.html (735 words)

	PrideSource: All Politics is Loco: DeVos de-cloaked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Richard DeVos and his wife, Helen, are some of the biggest funders of right-wing causes in America.
		Betsy DeVos is former chair of the Michigan Republican Party and she and Dick are the leading financial supporters of the National Republican Party.
		DeVos has worked hard not to show his true right-wing colors, and he has been blasted by the AFA for not catering more to social conservatives.
	www.pridesource.com /article.shtml?article=20150 (729 words)

	OpinionJournal - Taste
		Richard DeVos believes that religious faith, private enterprise, charity and commercial life are connected in a straightforward way: "Freedom is a gift from God," he tells me. "With freedom, we can show compassion.
		DeVos tells me that when he was married 53 years ago, his wife, Helen, informed him they would be tithing their income, according to biblical teaching--10% to charity and no excuses.
		DeVos notes, teaches that "one man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty." For some this is jut a metaphor for rewards in Heaven.
	www.opinionjournal.com /taste/?id=110008271 (803 words)

	Heritage Foundation Announces New DeVos Religion Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Richard and Helen DeVos Center on Religion and Civil Society will help policy-makers, scholars, journalists and other leaders examine the important role of religious thought and activity in the United States, how it influences society and how it affects—and is affected by—public policy.
		DeVos is one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, author of three books, a popular inspirational and motivational speaker, a community and political leader, and—with his wife, Helen—a generous philanthropist.
		Richard DeVos co-founded Amway Corp. in 1959 with Jay Van Andel, a member of the Heritage board of trustees.
	www.heritage.org /Press/NewsReleases/NR090104a.cfm (417 words)

	Election Watch 2006: GRIID (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		She said Dick DeVos and his family had a controlling interest in the company and should have done something to avert sexual and other physical abuse of the elderly at some of Alterra's operations.
		The elder DeVos reiterated his son's earlier statements, saying he and his family were only passive investors in the company and never had controlling interest despite investing more than $170 million in the company.
		DeVos was speaking at Cornerstone University and was asked to react to the claims made in the debate.
	www.griid.org /electionwatch2006.php?press_id=600 (773 words)

	STONE SOUP MUSINGS: DeVos Coverup Exposed
		The Press reported that “Richard DeVos said Wednesday his son, Dick, and the rest of the family were given only a short briefing about problems at the former Alterra Healthcare Corp. nursing home chain.”
		Kirkbride also reported that “Richard DeVos said [Alterra Board Chairman Jerry] Tubergen talked to the RDV Corp. board about Alterra and told the family he would ‘take care of it.’” The Board of Directors of RDV Corporation is composed Dick DeVos and his siblings and their spouses.
		“DeVos’ father’s statement is a smoking gun proving that Dick DeVos knew about the abuse at Alterra when it was occurring in 2000-02 and lied about his knowledge in the debate.
	stonesoupmusings.blogspot.com /2006/10/devos-coverup-exposed.html (461 words)

	Election Watch 2006: GRIID (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		DeVos said he would not, but said Friday's disclosure reassures voters there would be no conflicts of interest concerning his financial holdings should he be elected Michigan's chief executive in November.
		DeVos said in the 1997-04 tax years, 64 percent of his income came from dividends and compensation from Alticor, where he was president until 2002.
		Since DeVos announced his candidacy in June, Democrats have sought to portray DeVos and Alticor, which has made significant investments in China, as architects of economic globalism at a time when global forces are hammering the Michigan-based domestic auto industry.
	www.griid.org /electionwatch2006.php?press_id=117 (1027 words)

	Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation
		The foundation is the oldest and wealthiest of the DeVos family foundations, which also include the Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation (1990), the Daniel and Pamela DeVos Foundation (1992), and the Douglas and Maria DeVos Foundation (1992).
		Richard DeVos is co-founder of Amway Corporation and owner of the Orlando Magic (2004), and served as the finance chairman of the Republican National Committee.
		DeVos is a former board member of the Mackinac Center and has donated $100,000 since 1999 to support the organization.
	www.mediatransparency.org /funderprofile.php?funderID=17 (2721 words)

	Betsy DeVos - SourceWatch
		DeVos is a member of the DeVos family, which owns the direct sales company Amway and is noted for its election largess, contributing over $1 million in 1998 and over $750,000 in 2000, entirely to Republicans.
		Her husband is Richard DeVos, president of Amway.
		Richard DeVos is the son of Richard and Helen DeVos, whose foundation is a major funder of organizations, such as the Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, and Coral Ridge Ministries.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Betsy_DeVos (360 words)

	People For the American Way - Dick DeVos: Ultra-conservative family agenda
		Betsy DeVos was one of President Bush’s much-vaunted "Pioneer" fundraisers, raising $1,000,000 for the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign.
		Betsy DeVos' younger brother, Erik D. Prince, also a contributor to right-wing political causes, is the co-founder of Blackwater USA, a private security firm which has been in the news recently for its work in Iraq.
		He said, "follow the money and what you find is that the DeVos family embodies both aspects of the right wing, promoting strident social conservatism and an unfettered marketplace with almost equal vigor."[29] The issue of vouchers marries both of those issues, uniting two of the wings of the right-wing movement.
	www.pfaw.org /pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=22340 (875 words)

	Richard DeVos
		Richard Devos, Sr., unlike his partner Van Andel, became interested in professional sports in the early 1990s and acquired the Orlando Magic NBA Basketball team.
		In 2005 Richard’s son in law, Robert [Bob] Vander Weide took control of the Orlando Magic.
		The children are, Dick and his wife Betsy DeVos, Dan and his wife Pam DeVos, Cheri and her husband Bob Vander Weide, and Doug and his wife Maria DeVos.
	www.nnp.org /nni/Publications/Dutch-American/devos.html (571 words)

	The Christian Freedom Foundation
		Richard M. DeVos, the president of Amway Corporation and, from early 1981until mid -1982, finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, and a group of conservative businessmen including [CNP's] John Talcott of Ocean Spray Cranberries and Art De Moss, board chairman of the National Liberty Insurance Corporation, took control of the tax-exempt Christian Freedom Foundation.
		DeVos, who, according to Thomas B. Mechling, has functioned for years as "the quiet Godfather and financial angel of the Religious Right Movement," contributed $25,000 to CFF in 1974.) Their purpose, apparently, was to use the foundation's tax-exempt status to further religious right organizing efforts and to channel funds into Third Century Publishers.
		Richard DeVos -Co- Founder of the Amway Corporation in 1959, he has been on the CNP Executive Committee (1984-85); CNP Senior Executive Committee and Past President (1986-88 and1990-93), and Board of Governors for 1996 and 1998.
	www.seekgod.ca /cff.htm (2179 words)

	Jay Van Andel
		The two founders, Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos, turned over the reins of the company to their respective sons in the 1990s.
		DeVos turned the presidency of the company over to his son Richard [Dick], in 1992.
		In recent years Dick DeVos has become interested in politics and in 2006 was seeking the 2006 Michigan State Governorship.
	www.nnp.org /nni/Publications/Dutch-American/andel.html (558 words)

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		He claims he was a successful businessman when he has record of cutting Michigan employees and claims he has a vision for Michigan when he still doesn’t have an economic plan or a solution to any problem facing the state.
		Dick DeVos doesn’t have a plan for changing the SBT, and he recently said he doesn’t intend to have a plan until after the election.
		DeVos also said he might not come up with specific proposals before the November election for replacing revenue that would be lost from repealing the tax, which generates nearly $2 billion a year.[Associated Press, April 12, 2006]
	www.michigandems.com /041706prs.html (814 words)

	MLive.com: Warren Town Talk Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The son of billionaire Amway founder Richard DeVos, he is currently the Republican candidate for governor of Michigan, challenging incumbent governor Jennifer Granholm.
		DeVos retired as president of Alticor in August 2002, and in that fiscal year, Alticor reported sales of $4.5 billion, primarily through its more than 3.5 million mostly part-time sales force and its complimentary e-commerce channel.
		In 1996, DeVos was appointed by John Engler to the Grand Valley State University Board of Control.
	www.mlive.com /forums/warren/index.ssf?artid=54303 (569 words)

	TIME.com: Border Trouble -- Nov. 29, 1982 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		DeVos was the Republican National Committee's finance chief until he was fired in August by G.O.P. Chairman Richard Richards.
		DeVos and Van Andel say the Canadians approved the company's system for handling valuations back in 1965, but the Canadians are arguing that Amway never stuck to that plan at all.
		DeVos blamed Amway's problems on "false and misleading evidence" given the Canadians by the company's former financial vice president, Edward Engel, who is now business manager of the Detroit Free Press.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,955091,00.html (709 words)

	Media Mouse: Richard DeVos: The Far Right in West Michigan - Grand Rapids News & Independent Media
		Richard M. DeVos is the co-founder of Amway Corporation and a longtime contributor to right-wing political causes through political contributions and donations made via his Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation.
		In 2005, DeVos was the 194th richest person in the world with a personal fortune of $3 billion dollars (source).
		The DeVos family gave $12.9 million to a failed voucher initiative in 1997 (source).
	www.mediamouse.org /resources/right.php?personId=7 (374 words)

	Washington Blade Online
		News of the DeVos family’s ties to a foundation that contributed funds to the American Family Association, which called on consumers to boycott Ford because of Ford’s support for gay rights causes, surfaced at a time when DeVos has pledged to reverse Michigan’s high rate of unemployment.
		Betsy DeVos, Richard DeVos’s wife, is the daughter of Edgar and Elsa Prince and serves as vice president of the foundation.
		DeVos opposes discrimination based on sexual orientation or other factors, such as race, Truscott said, but the GOP gubernatorial candidate has not taken a position on whether the state should pass a law banning sexual orientation discrimination, Truscott said.
	www.washblade.com /2006/9-22/news/national/boycott.cfm (1022 words)

	Hope College \| Campus Development
		The DeVos Fieldhouse houses the offices for the department of kinesiology and the college's athletic training program, and is the home court for the volleyball and men's and women's basketball programs.
		The fieldhouse honors Richard and Helen DeVos for their impact on the quality of life in western Michigan, the Holland community and at Hope College.
		The DeVos Fieldhouse houses offices for the department of kinesiology and the college's athletic training program, and is the home court for the volleyball and men's and women's basketball teams.
	www.hope.edu /pr/campusdev/devos.html (704 words)

	Amazon.ca: Hope From My Heart: Books: Richard Devos Sr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Often, Devos sounds like a motivational speaker, with numerous catch phrases such as "confidence will come in the doing," and "respect begins with how you feel about yourself, not how others feel about you".
		Rich DeVos is a very religious person, but is able to relate ten lessons of how to succeed in life.
		DeVos spells out what it is that he's done in his own life.
	www.amazon.ca /Hope-Heart-Richard-Devos-Sr/dp/0849957575 (850 words)

	PrideSource: Correction: The wrong DeVos
		In last week's issue, this writer incorrectly identified Amway founder Richard DeVos as having tossed his hat into the ring for the Michigan gubernatorial race.
		Dick DeVos is the husband of Betsy DeVos, former chair of the Michigan Republican party.
		DeVos and his wife were major supporters of the movement to create taxpayer-funded vouchers for private schools, including religious schools, in Michigan.
	www.pridesource.com /article.shtml?article=14762 (275 words)

	The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans: Richard M. DeVos
		DeVos’ entrepreneurial spirit took root in a high school friendship with classmate Jay Van Andel.
		DeVos was succeeded as Amway’s President in 1993 by his son Dick and in 2002 by his son Doug.
		DeVos also is Chairman of the NBA Orlando Magic, an in-demand public speaker and author of three books – Believe!, Compassionate Capitalism and Hope From My Heart, which he wrote after his 1997 heart transplant.
	www.horatioalger.com /members/member_info.cfm?memberid=DEV96 (465 words)

	DeVos/Delay/Abramoff: Three peas in a pod - Page 4 - Sean Hannity Discussion
		DeVos has stated he will no reveal how he is going to pay for a single promise/idea/plan he has made in the campaign, until the election is over.
		The DeVos family has a long history of support for the Republican party, as is well known, so your little list is pointless.
		Devos is going to clean her ugly clock.
	www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=91251&page=4 (1050 words)

	Press Release
		DeVos flip-flopped on the amount that he invested, saying that he owned $20 million worth and then saying he owned $9 million worth.
		DeVos denied that Jerry Tubergen had control, but Tubergen was Chairman and led the search for Alterra’s President and CEO according the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
		DeVos’ campaign said there were no “special provisions” given to those in the DeVos investment, but the Detroit News reports “Brewer also provided a copy of Alterra bylaws that spelled out how DeVos and his group could hire top company officials, control the company budget and make decisions about corporate operations.”
	www.michigandems.com /100506prs.html (395 words)

	Richard M. DeVos Sr. (with Helen)
		DeVos serves on the board of Alticor, a new corporation that includes Amway and an Internet sales branch.
		DeVos and his wife also donate millions to charities -- especially those that promote conservative causes.
		The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation handed out $95.1 million between 1990 and 1997, with nearly a third of the money going to support organizations that espouse Christian values.
	www.motherjones.com /news/special_reports/mojo_400/12_devos.html (485 words)

	Richard DeVos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		DeVos is a heart transplant recipient and is the owner of pro basketball's Orlando Magic.
		His son Dick DeVos is a member of the Republican Party, and lost the 2006 election as the Governor of Michigan.
		This page was last modified 18:26, 17 December 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_DeVos (118 words)

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