[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 52 (Monday, March 26, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E645]
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                    MOURNING THE LOSS OF DAVID BROWN

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 26, 2007

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of 
a true public servant of South Carolina's Second Congressional 
District. David Brown, chief executive officer of Beaufort Memorial 
Hospital of Beaufort, South Carolina, passed away Monday, March 19, 
2007. Brown fell ill last month and was hospitalized at Johns Hopkins 
University Hospital, where he passed.
  Brown ably led the hospital during a time of tremendous growth. The 
facility is now twice the size it was when Brown took over in 1996. 
During his tenure as CEO, Brown developed a long-term affiliation with 
Duke University Health System in heart and cancer care. Most recently, 
he worked with Beaufort to bring additional workforce housing to the 
area and led the hospital's expansion of services across the Broad 
River.
  Brown, son of Emerson M. Brown and the late Winifred Ryan Brown, was 
born in 1951 in Germany, where his father was assigned as a U.S. 
foreign service officer. Brown also lived in India, the Netherlands, 
and Canada and attended high school in Switzerland and in Maine. He 
earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1974 and a masters of business 
administration with honors in 1976, both from Boston University.
  Brown began his career in healthcare in 1976 as assistant executive 
director of Prince George's County Foundation for Medical Care in 
Landover, Md., and became executive director within a year.
  In 1982 he joined the Greater Southeast Community Hospital in 
Washington as vice president for professional services. Before leaving 
the Washington area in 1996, Brown became president and CEO of the 
Greater Southeast Community Hospital Foundation, which operated two 
hospitals as well as long-term care facilities, home health agencies, 
pharmacies and other health care-related businesses.
  Brown is survived by his daughter, Caitlin Ryan Brown; son, Ryan 
David Brown; father, Emerson Brown of Reed City, Mich.; sister, 
Catherine W. Brown of Washington; and brother, Christopher G. Brown of 
Columbus, Ohio.

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