Thomas Watson Brown ’54
Thomas W. Brown died Jan. 13, 2007, in Marietta, Ga.A graduate of St. Alban's School, he majored in history at Princeton, was a member of Tower Club, and was active in many campus activities.
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Thomas W. Brown died Jan. 13, 2007, in Marietta, Ga.
A graduate of St. Alban's School, he majored in history at Princeton, was a member of Tower Club, and was active in many campus activities.
After serving in the Army, he graduated from Harvard Law School in 1959. Tom practiced law in Atlanta until his death. He was active in numerous business, civic, philanthropic, and scholarly organizations. He served on the boards of the Atlanta Historical Society, the Georgia Historical Society, the Georgia Civil War Commission, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, and the Georgia Legal History Foundation. He was a life trustee of Mercer University in Atlanta.
Tom was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Ellen; his second wife, Anne Henderson; and two sons. He is survived by his children, Melissa, Anne, Elizabeth, and Thomas Jr., and eight grandchildren. The class extends its condolences to his children in their loss.
Story attribution: Staff
Princeton Alumni Weekly
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