Background
Brown, Elzie Lee was born on February 13, 1914 in Newport, Texas, United States. Son of John Alexander and Edna Pearl (Bowman) Brown.
Brown, Elzie Lee was born on February 13, 1914 in Newport, Texas, United States. Son of John Alexander and Edna Pearl (Bowman) Brown.
Student, Center State University, Edmond, Oklahoma, 1935-1936.
Assistant manager, Southern Finance Corporation, Amarillo, Texas, 1937-1938; assistant manager, Plains Finance Corporation, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1938-1939; manager, Plains Finance Corporation, Cheyenne, 1939-1941; manager, partner, Local Finance Company, Laramie, Wyoming, 1941-1945; tax clerk, Conoco, Inc., Ponca City, Oklahoma, 1945-1952; tax agent, Conoco, Inc., Ponca City, 1952-1956; tax manager, Conoco, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, 1956-1961; tax director, Conoco, Inc., Ponca City, 1961-1978; president, Precision Tool & Die, Ponca City, 1978-1986; chief Executive officer, Precision Tool & Die, Ponca City, since 1986. Board directors Pioneer Bank, Ponca City, Pioneer Data Systems, Ponca City;chairman property tax committee American Petroleum Institute, Ponca City, 1966.
Commissioner City of Ponca City, 1973-1976, mayor, 1983-1986. President Industrial Foundation, Ponca City, 1976-1978. Member Ponca City Country Club (board directors 1968-1969, president 1969).
Married Bernadine Stanley, December 27, 1940. Children: Stanley Lee, Gordon George.