Background
Brown was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from the University of Chicago High School.
Brown was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from the University of Chicago High School.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Wheaton College in 1957 and then came to Baltimore to go to medical school. Brown received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1961. After completing his residency in internal medicine, Brown joined the Hopkins faculty.
He was promoted to assistant dean of the School of Medicine and later rose to become the vice president of Johns Hopkins Hospital.
He also served with the United States. Public Health Service from 1963 to 1965. Brown was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1971 and represented Legislative District 39, in Baltimore City, until 1983.
Brown and fellow physician Doctor Aris T. Allen, a state senator from Annapolis, were credited with saving his life. In 1982, after redistricting, Brown ran for re-election to the Maryland House of Delegates, but this time in the newly created 44th legislative district.
In 1998 Brown returned to his roots as a researcher
He co-founded a biotech firm called Intralytix Incorporated. He directed the company"s effort to find useful applications for Bacteriophages or "phages". A phage is a virus that infects and devours bacteria.
With more bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics, Brown felt that the use of bacteria"s naturally occurring enemy would ultimately surpass the use of lab-invented antibotics which over time become ineffective in their original doses.
Brown wanted to adopt existing knowledge about phage therapies and use them in the United States. Brown died of heart disease on April 20, 2014, at the age of 77.
On the day of his death, Maryland Governor Martin O"Malley ordered Maryland flags be flown at half-staff A hiking trail, the Brown Rail Trail, that extends from Maryland into Pennsylvania, is named in his honor.
He was a member of the Environmental Matters Committee and became its chairman in 1979. Brown served as chairman of the Power Plant Research Advisory Committee and a vocal member of the Chesapeake Bay Trust.