[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 103 (Friday, June 16, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO CLARENCE J. ``BUD'' BROWN, JR.

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                            HON. JIM JORDAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 16, 2017

  Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to commend to the House the 
admirable service of former Congressman Clarence J. ``Bud'' Brown, Jr., 
on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday on June 18.
  Born in Columbus in 1927, Bud spent much of his youth in the 
Washington area, as his father, the late former Congressman Clarence J. 
Brown, Sr., represented Ohio's Seventh Congressional District in the 
House from 1939 to 1965. A Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean 
War, Bud was a 1947 graduate of Duke University and a 1949 graduate of 
Harvard Business School.
  Bud succeeded his father in Congress in 1965, representing the people 
of the Seventh District with distinction until 1983. Following his 
House service, he was tapped by President Reagan to serve as the 
nation's fifth Deputy Secretary of Commerce. He ably filled the role of 
Acting Secretary for several months following the 1987 death of 
Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge.
  From 1992 to 1999, Bud served as President and Chief Executive 
Officer of the United States Capitol Historical Society, a 
congressionally chartered non-profit organization dedicated to 
preserving the heritage and history of the Capitol. The Society honored 
him with its Freedom Award in 2000, created to recognize those who 
advance the understanding and appreciation of representative 
government.
  Throughout his life, Bud worked in various roles at the family-owned 
Brown Publishing Company, a vast nationwide network of local newspapers 
that was in business through 2010. Bud oversaw company operations from 
its headquarters in Urbana, Ohio, as President and later as Chairman of 
the Board for many years.
  Bud and his wife, Joyce, are the proud parents of four children: 
Cate, Clancy, Roy, and Beth. Beth died in 1964 at age seven after a 
three-year battle with leukemia; Bud and Joyce established the Beth 
Brown Memorial Foundation in her name later that year. Foundation 
scholarships have helped hundreds of high school graduates from 
Champaign County study medical and related careers in college.
  Bud and Joyce have both been active in promoting the Cedar Bog Nature 
Preserve, a 450-acre site south of Urbana that is considered a crown 
jewel of Ohio's natural areas. They were instrumental in building the 
Preserve's endowment fund and in making its new education center a 
reality.
  This Sunday in Urbana, Bud's family and friends will gather at an 
open house in his honor. I look forward to joining so many other well-
wishers on this occasion to thank Bud and Joyce for their years of 
selfless sacrifices.
  Mr. Speaker, Bud Brown has been a personal friend and mentor for many 
years who has made service to others the foundation of his life. We are 
grateful that good men like Bud commit their lives to public service 
and inspire others to follow in their footsteps.

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