<sod>Brand was born in [[Longmont, Colorado]], May 9, 1931, and is the son of Rudolph William and Donna Mae Brand.<ref name="NASA">{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/brand.html|title=Biographical Data: Vance DeVoe Brand |date=April 2008|work=[[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]]|publisher=[[NASA]]|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref> He was active in Troop 64 of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] in Longmont, where he achieved its second highest rank, [[Life Scout]]. Graduated from [[Longmont High School]] in 1949, he received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[Business]] from the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]] in 1953, a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[Aeronautical Engineering]] from there in 1960, and a [[Master of Science]] degree in [[Business Administration]] from [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] in 1964. <eod>
<sod>Brand was born in [[Longmont, Colorado]], May 9, 1931, and is the son of Rudolph William and Donna Mae Brand.<ref name="NASA">{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/brand.html|title=Biographical Data: Vance DeVoe Brand |date=April 2008|work=[[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]]|publisher=[[NASA]]|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref> He was active in Troop 64 of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] in Longmont, where he achieved its second highest rank, [[Life Scout]]. Brand graduated at [[Longmont High School]] in 1949, and at the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]] he received a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in [[business]] in 1953 and a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in [[aeronautical engineering]] in 1960. He was a member of the [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity and of the [[DeMolay International|International Order of DeMolay]]. In 1964 he completed an [[Master of Science|M.S.]] in [[Business Administration|business administration]] at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]. <eod>