[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11995-11996]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         REMEMBERING FRED BROWN

 Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I wish to honor and remember long 
time Alaskan, Mr. Fred Brown. Mr. Brown died in Fairbanks at the Denali 
Center on Friday, June 27, 2014 at the age of 70.
  Fred Brown was a former 4-term Fairbanks legislator who was elected 
in 1974 served in the Alaska House of Representatives in the 1970s and 
early 1980s. He was not only an active member of the community, but a 
man with a passion for contributing to the development of the State of 
Alaska. With a remarkable passion for music and radio, he enriched the 
territory and State for decades. He was an avid ham radio operator 
known by the call sign KL7CUS.
  Outside the legislature, Fred Brown played the flute, piccolo and 
contra bassoon for 50 years with the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra. He 
was also an active member at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church where his 
memory will be honored.

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  Fred Brown cared deeply about his community and was committed to 
public service. As a legislator, he carried himself and the State 
forward with self-determination and dignity. His wife Helen said her 
husband had three main passions: ``Politics, music and religion were 
what mattered to him, which is a strange combination, but that really 
was the triumvirate of his life.'' He was a master of parliamentary 
procedure and scrupulously ran meetings according to Mason's Rules in 
the interest of fairness to all.
  While we mourn the loss of his presence, the legacy of this 
remarkable man lives on. He leaves behind many friends who are grateful 
to have known his exceptional character. The people of Alaska will 
always owe a debt of gratitude to former Alaska legislator Fred Brown.
  On behalf of his family and his many friends, I ask that we honor 
Fred Brown's memory.

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