Adolph Andrew (A.A.) Brown of Gary, Indiana, was born June 24, 1899 in
Dubuque, Iowa to George W. Brown and Sophie Krakow. He attended Wheaton
Community High School under principal J.B. Russell and graduated from
Wheaton College in 1921 with a B.A. in General Science. Nicknamed
"Lemons," he served as class president in '17 and '18, in addition to
serving as advertising manager for the Record in '20, and its assistant
business manager in '19. He was a member of the Beltonian Literary
Society. He played violin, sang tenor, and studied logic, ethics,
calculus and chemistry. He received an M.A. from the University of
Colorado (1926). He served the majority of his life as a high school
principal and school superintendent in Colorado. From 1926-1930 he was
high school principal at Eaton, CO. He was then principal at Fort
Morgan Junior-Senior High School for 16 years before coming to
Littleton, CO in July 1946 to become its Superintendent of Schools
(1946-1961). During his 15 years as superintendent he was involved in 22
building projects and saw the Littleton school district population grow
from 800 to 12,500. During this time he served on the National Council
of the National Honor Society from 1945-48. He also served for 20 years
as executive secretary and then as president of the Colorado Association
of School Administrators. He was president of the Colorado
Schoolmaster's Club and fellow member for 45 years and President of the
Littleton Rotary Club (1953-54). In 1949 he was elected to the
presidency of the Colorado Baptist State Convention. He served as
chairman on various committees for the American Association of School
Administrators and was nominated for vice-president in 1958. In 1960 he
was acclaimed Littleton "Educator of the Decade" the same year he was
granted a Fulbright Scholarship to study education in Finland and
France. Upon his "retirement" he was named headmaster of Randell School
in Denver where he served for five years (1964-1969). After another
"retirement" he was executive director of the Arapahoe Community
Emeritus College, a continuing education program for people over 60
(1974-1988). In 1979, at 80 years old, he was named Most Valuable
citizen of Littleton. His motto was "People don't grow old; they get
old when they stop growing." He was very active with his wife Pearl in
the Littleton community and as members of Calvary Baptist Church in
Denver. He died of cancer on October 29, 1990 at his home in Littleton.
He was 91 and survived by his wife Pearl (d. 2/24/2001), 2 children and 5
grandchildren. |
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