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Department of Community Medicine Associate Director, Center on Aging, Educational Programs Dr. Brown received the M.A. from New York University in 1960 and the Ph.D. from West Virginia in 1974. He was on the faculty at Concord College from 1966-1977. He has served on the faculty of the Center for the Study of Aging at the University of Alabama, and has conducted numerous management training events and seminars around the country. His publications are in the area of aging and health policy and human services management. The University Press of America has published his text book on aging policy. From 1984-1989, he served as Executive Director of the Mississippi Council on Aging, and assumed the position of Executive Director of the West Virginia Commission on Aging in October of 1989. In June of 1992, he became the Director of West Virginia Office of Aging. He served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of State Units on Aging and on the Advisory Board of the Center for Social Gerontology. He holds the prestigious Vernon Dahmer award from the NAACP. Dr. Brown was appointed by President Clinton to 1995 White House Conference on Aging National Advisory Committee, and sits on Vice-President Gore's Committee to Re-Invent Government through the Administration on Aging. On November 1, 1996, Dr. Brown assumed the position of Associate Director of the Education Unit at the WVU Center on Aging. He holds the rank of Associate Professor in the School of Community Medicine. Dr. Brown is the Director of the Mountain State Geriatric Education Center at West Virginia University. |
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