Gordon Eames Brown ’34

Gordy, class treasurer (1954-59), 30th reunion chair, and class president (1964-69), who spent "a wonderful 21 years" with the State Communities Aid Association in New York, died March 31, 2005, at Osborn Retirement Home in Rye, N.Y., after a prolonged illness. He was 93.

While at SCAA, the purpose of which was, in his words, "to influence government and other agencies to improve services for the poor, sick, old, young, infirm, and generally underprivileged," he was associated with Johnny Oakes, a member of its board.

After retirement from SCAA, of which he was executive director, Gordy moved from Manhattan to Bronxville, where he kept busy as a volunteer at Lawrence Hospital, and as a board member of the local home-health agency and Friends of the Sarah Lawrence College Library. "All very satisfying," he wrote, and "sufficient for an elderly fellow."

Gordy's first wife, Patricia "Patty" Lewis, died in 1982. He then married Lonita "Lonnie" Patt, whose late husband once shared bachelor quarters in Bronxville with Mal Johnson, Bill Oman, and Perry Sellon. Lonnie survives, as do Gordy's son, Gordon E. Jr.; a grandson, Travis; and two stepdaughters.

In 1972 our class presented Gordy with our Award for Outstanding Achievement for his years as head of SCAA. The citation concluded, "Whatever he has undertaken, he has done with distinction."

The Class of 1934