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Friday, January 28, 2000 Page: 5A
January 26, 2000 rofessor Russell Elway “Bud” Brown, of Hickory, N.C., died
Wednesday after a period of declining health. Born June 21, 1921, in Hartford,
Conn., he grew up in Wilkes-Barre. He earned degrees in economics from
Bucknell University and completed postgraduate work in political science at
the University of Chicago. He taught economics at Lenoir-Rhyne College,
chaired the division of social and behavioral sciences and retired in 1983. He
taught part time until 1986 and was named professor emeritus in 1987. A
lieutenant in the U.S. Army in the European Theater during World War II, he
participated in the Battle of Omaha Beach and the Battle of the Bulge. He, his
wife and daughter participated in the Civil Rights March on Washington in
1963. He was a charter member of the Hickory Jaycees, a commentator on a
Hickory radio station, and a member of the American Economics Association, the
Southern Economic Association and the Southern Political Science Association.
Surviving are his wife of 56 years, the former June Shirley Higgins~;
daughter, Lesley Brown-Levine, Lincolnton, N.C.; one granddaughter; and
nephew, Merle Mackin, Kingston. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at
Bass-Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Hickory. The family will receive friends after
the service. Memorial donations may be made to the Russell “Bud” Brown
Scholarship Endowment Fund at Lenoir-Rhyne College; or the Memorial Garden
Fund at First Presbyterian Church, Hickory.