Charles Alva Brown II ’57

Charlie, "Kie" as many called him, died at age 66 in Boston on Dec. 28, 2000, as a result of complications following several brain operations.

Charlie graduated from Darrow School, where he was class vice president and cocaptain of the football team. At Princeton he majored in history and was an active member and treasurer of Tower Club. Subsequently, a two-year Hawaii teaching sojourn turned into a 39-year career at the Punahou School. Upon retirement in 1998, Kie was given the Old School Award, Punahou's highest honor, for outstanding service, and a $175,000 scholarship fund was established in his and his wife's names.

Married to Gail Miller in 1957, Charlie is survived by Gail, daughters Raelin Knox and Sarah Ball, son Charles III, six grandchildren, and his brother, Allan.

Possessing an inquisitive and remarkably retentive mind, Charlie was a fount of baseball and other trivia and had successful television quiz-show appearances. Also a rotisserie baseball league member and a marathon runner, he pursued life with integrity, resilience, courage, and good-humored enthusiasm. Loving husband and father, caring teacher and advisrr, generous, unpretentious, and upbeat friend, Charlie will be missed. The class extends its heartfelt sympathy to his family and many friends.

The Class of 1957