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Charles Stuart Brown was born in New York City on 28 Apr 1930 to Mr. and
Mrs. Lyndon M. Brown. He graduated from the New York Military Academy, where he
excelled in track and cross country. After high school, he attended Champlain
College for a short time before enlisting in the Regular Army in 1949. Initially
assigned to what was then the Coast Artillery, he soon applied for a competitive
Regular Army appointment to West Point and was transferred to the United States
Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS)at Stewart Field, Newburgh, NY.
Chuck received the Regular Army competitive appointment he sought and entered
the Academy in July 1950. Beast Barracks was an easy grind for Chuck; he took it
all in stride while maintaining a sense of humor.
Chuck joined Company I-2, living in what was then the 43rd Division of New North
Barracks. Yearling year was spent in the “penthouse” room where, with the
sardonic wit for which he was known, he was able to proclaim he was the highest
man in the Corps, although that location also caused him to travel the farthest
for reveille formation. He was a middle-distance runner on the varsity track
team all four years, was awarded the major “A” and Navy star for track, and was
named captain of the team in his First Class year under Coach Carleton Crowell.
He also served as the manager of the cross country team. As a measure of his
competitiveness, teammates remember him running effectively in the Penn Relays
with a broken foot! He was also a member of the Class Ring Committee.
Upon graduation, Chuck chose assignment in the Infantry and, during graduation
leave, married Maureen Daly in Harrison, NY, with four of his classmates
attending. He then went through the Infantry Officers Basic Course and the
Airborne School at Ft. Benning, GA. From 1955 to 1957, he was posted to Ft.
Kobbe in the Panama Canal Zone, where he and Maureen lived. In 1957, he resigned
his commission as a first lieutenant. The peacetime Army just wasn’t challenging
enough for him.
Chuck and Maureen were divorced in 1968. On 13 Mar 1969, Chuck married Delores
Malow in Elkton, ME, and the two remained together for the rest of his life.
His first civilian job was with Carrier in Fayetteville, NY, followed by sales
positions with Russell, Birdsall and Ward in Rye, NY. After earning a master’s
degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech, he progressed to senior
sales management with SPS in Philadelphia, followed by positions as vice
president of marketing with Lau Blower in Dayton, OH, and general manager of
Revcor, Inc. in Elgin, IL. After decades of successful sales and marketing
experience, he established his own sales company, CS Brown & Associates,
representing companies providing hardware for home construction, and settled in
Shelby Township, MI, with Delores. He called her “Dee Dee” and she called him by
his given name, “Charles.” He became an avid golfer and, as you would expect
from this competitive athlete, sported a low handicap. A classmate who had not
seen him for more than twenty years visited him in Michigan and was impressed by
his physical condition. He looked like he could still run a respectable half
mile.
Charles and Delores were planning their dream house, but, tragically, he never
lived to see it completed. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer and had the
gland removed. But the cancer had spread, and seven years later, after a final
two-year battle, he succumbed to the disease. He died on 5 Dec 2000, was
cremated, and his ashes were interred in Christian Memorial Cemetery in
Rochester Hills, MI. He is survived by his wife Delores, daughters Holly Seymour
and Caroline Brown, son Charles S. Brown, Jr., and stepson William Malow, as
well as four grandchildren and one step-grandchild. He will be missed by all.
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