Background
Brown, Alta Britton Palmer was born on June 14, 1935 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States.
Brown, Alta Britton Palmer was born on June 14, 1935 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1957; Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1959; Doctor of Education, Louisiana State University, 1975.
Teacher, East Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Parish Schools, 1957-1969; owner, board directors, Baton Rouge Reading Clinic, Inc., 1969-1979; project officer, Louisiana Department Education, 1979-1981; director bureau development, Louisiana Department Education, 1981-1984; assistant superintendent, St. Tammany Parish Public Schools, Covington, Louisiana, since 1984. Chairman Small Business Compliance Advisory Panel, State of Louisiana. Consultant in field.
Member League of Women Voters. Chairman, Board Of Directors Northshore Psychiatric Hospital. Board directors YouthSvc.
Bureau St. Tammany Parish. Member American Association of University Women, ASCD, Louisiana ASCD, International Reading Association (president Disabled Reader Special Interest Group 1991), Louisiana Reading Council, Order Eastern Star.
Daughter of william Henry and Alma (Woods) Britton. Children from previous marriage: Laura Jean Palmer Moloney, Pamela Joan Palmer Randle, William Alvin, James Britton. Married Dean T. Brown, June 10, 1989.