Anthony Eden Rand (September 1, 1939 – May 1, 2020) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 1981 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 2009.

Rand was born in southern Wake County, North Carolina, and graduated from Garner High School in 1957.

[6] After serving for seven years, Rand left the Assembly to launch an unsuccessful bid for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 1988, losing to Jim Gardner.

A lawyer and consultant from Fayetteville, North Carolina, Rand served as Senate Majority Leader from 2001 through 2009.

The bill was named for Eve Carson and Abhijit Mahato, two students murdered in North Carolina in 2008.