Zadoc White Brown ’41

Zadoc White Brown, known as “Zed,” was a Hawaiian born and bred. He died at his home in Honolulu Sept. 11, 2006.

After attending the Lanai School and Punahou School in Honolulu, he went to Choate and later Hun before coming to Princeton. Zed majored in English, and joined Cap and Gown. After graduation, he returned to Honolulu. In March 1944, Zed enlisted in the Army and was assigned to military intelligence in Hawaii. He was discharged as a tech sergeant in 1946.

In 1951, Zed started the islands’ first mutual fund, the Brown Fund of Hawaii. In the 1970s his company was merged with the Franklin Funds of San Francisco, on whose board Zed subsequently served. He completed the Harvard Business School advanced management program in 1961.

Always active in his community, Zed was a member of the boards of Hawaiian Trust Co., Alexander & Baldwin, and the Advertiser Publishing Co., publisher of Honolulu’s morning newspaper. He also worked with the Bishop Museum, the Hawaiian Historical Society, the Oahu Cemetery, and the Hawaiian Homes Commission.

Predeceased by his son, Lawrence Newbold Brown, Zed is survived by his wife of 64 years, Virginia Lowrey Brown; sons Zadoc Jr. ’65, Alan, and David; daughter Cynthia Brown Quisenberry; six grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.