[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 26, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING EARL F. BROWN, JR.

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 25, 2003

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, Earl F. Brown, Jr. has 
been a true leader in South Carolina for decades, with a long history 
of service to his community and country. I want to commend him for his 
tireless work and take a look at his history.
  From 1973 to 2001, Mr. Brown was employed with the South Carolina 
Human Affairs Commission, SCHAC. While at SCHAC he served as Executive 
Assistant to the Commissioner for External Affairs, Director for 
Community Relations and Director of Compliance and Investigations.
  A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Mr. Brown was educated in the 
public schools of Duval County. He was accepted at Savannah State 
College on a basketball scholarship and played the point guard position 
on the 1952 Southeastern Athletic Conference Championship Team. After 
completion of the Bachelor of Science in Political Science, he was 
drafted in the U.S. Army and served as a military aide to Brigadier 
General Frank F. Bowen, Jr. He received an Honorable Discharge in 1956.
  Upon leaving the military in 1956, he joined the staff of the Afro-
American Insurance Company in Jacksonville, Florida as an Insurance 
Counselor. Mr. Brown began his community activities as a volunteer in 
1957 with the local NAACP as its Public Relations/Chairman of the 
Voters Registration Drive for Duvall County and later served on the 
statewide voter registration team. He served as a community organizer 
and community leader for eight years in the struggle for equality and 
employment.
  In 1964, he enrolled in Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina 
and received an A.B. Degree in Social Science and Psychology in 1966.
  Mr. Brown's career as a public servant took flight when in 1966, he 
assumed the position as a public school teacher at W.A. Perry Junior 
High School. In 1967, he was offered a position as Probation Officer 
and Counselor for the Richland County Family Court System. In April 
1969, he was awarded a Ford Foundation Scholarship to study at the Duke 
University Institute of Developmental Administration and Management 
System. In 1971, he completed Harvard University's Institute of 
Educational Management program. In 1977, he received a MCJ Degree from 
the University of South Carolina with a concentration in ``Court 
Administration''.
  Mr. Brown is a 1987 graduate of Leadership Columbia, a graduate of 
the Governor's Leadership School of South Carolina in 1988, a 1996 
graduate of the Executive Institute, and a Certified Labor Arbitrator 
by the South Carolina Labor Department.

  Earl Brown's professional and civic activities as well as his awards 
and honors are numerous and have included: Life Member of Kappa Alpha 
Psi Fraternity, Inc.; Chairman of the Board of Commissioners--Richland 
County Airport; President, Capital Senior Center, Inc.; Southern 
Regional Vice President-National Association of Human Rights Workers; 
Chairman of Cooperative Ministries of the Midlands (SC); Vice-President 
of The Brookland Foundation; Chairman of Board of Directors-Central 
Midlands (SC) Councils of Government; President of Richland/Lexington 
(SC) Chapter State Employees Association; Chairman of American Red 
Cross Blood Service, Board of Directors for South Carolina Region; 
Chairman of Columbia Housing Development Corporation, Inc.; President 
of College of Criminal Justice Alumni Association, University of South 
Carolina; Member of United Way of Midlands (SC); Member of Richland 
County School District 1 (SC) Education Advisory Committee; Member of 
American Arbitration Association; Outstanding Citizen Award from the 
National Council of Negro Women (1980); President's Award for 
Outstanding Service to Savannah State College (1980); The Southeastern 
Providence Achievement Award 1971 ``Man of the Year''; Elected to 
``Who's Who in America'' 15th Edition (1975); and President's Award for 
Outstanding Services and Leadership to the American Red Cross Blood 
Services for the South Carolina Region (1995).
  Mr. Brown is a member of Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia, 
South Carolina. He is the father of two children, Kim and Felton.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking Mr. Brown for setting an 
example for reaching out to a community in need, and working to make 
the lives of those around him better. He is an inspiration to South 
Carolina and the Nation.

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