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“HONORING EARL F. BROWN, JR.” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E295 on Feb. 26, 2003.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
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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