Harold Gilmore Brown Jr. ’41

"Red' Brown died of emphysema on Sept. 7, 1999, in Wilmington, Del. His wife, Barbara Buchanan Brown, died two years ago.

Growing up in Westfield, N.J., he was big, handsome, gentle and a rough tough football player. It is recounted that our football coach saw Red make the most brutal open-field tackle he had ever seen. Clean, though.

He left college after sophomore year, joined the army and rose to the rank of captain serving in the European theater. He became a reporter for the Sun Telegram, then the Herald Tribune, and covered many stories, including the opening of the United Nations and the Alger Hiss trials. Moving to DuPont, he became one of the chiefs of its media relations department. Before his death he asked that contributions be made to Princeton's AG.

Red is survived by daughter, Martha Ponder, and twin brothers, Charles and Walter. This thorough gentleman will be sorely missed.

The Class of 1941