Margrette Burnham Brown ’36

Marnie, a longtime resident of Princeton and Bay Head, N.J., died Nov. 11, 1995. She graduated from Briarcliff College in 1938.

In 1950 she married R. Manning Brown Jr. '36, who later became president, then chairman of New York Life. For some 15 years he was chairman of the Princeton trustees' executive committee and was a former secretary and president of his class. He died in 1985.

Marnie began volunteering at the Princeton Medical Center in 1955 and contributed nearly 5,000 hours of service. Also that year she joined the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Isabella McCosh Infirmary of the university. She later became a life member of its executive board. She was a member of the Nassau Club, the Bay Head Yacht Club, and, for 25 years, of the altar guild of Trinity Church. Over the years, she, along with Betty Constable h'36, offered invaluable help to our class in developing strong relationships with many of our class widows.

Marnie is survived by a son, Ralph Y. Brown III; a daughter, Anne B. Durney; sisters Anne B. Moore and Phoebe B. White; a niece, Nancy Thompson; and seven grandchildren.

We will indeed miss this charming and energetic friend who did so much to help her community, the university, and our class.

The Class of 1936