Iantha LeVander, the daughter of William Robert and Kathleen (Graham) Powrie, was educated in the St. Paul and Minneapolis public schools; graduated from the University of Minnesota (1935) with a B.S. degree in speech education; taught English and speech in Wisconsin and Minnesota high schools (1935-1938); married Harold LeVander in 1938; raised a family of three children in Minnesota; and died November 26, 2009.
Her activities and interests were wide-ranging, including work in such voluntary associations as the United Fund, Parent-Teacher Association, American Association of University Women, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, St. Paul Schubert Club, American Field Service, mental health groups, and the University of Minnesota alumni organization. Her Republican Party work included her husband's 1966 gubernatorial campaign; service as a delegate to a number of Republican conventions, and as a Republican National Committeewoman (1972-1977); and on Richard Nixon's 1972 presidential reelection campaign.
From the guide to the Iantha LeVander papers., 1896-2009., (Minnesota Historical Society)
