Rexwald Brown

Background

Brown, Rexwald was born on May 6, 1878 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Cyrus W. and Ada (Robinson) Brown.

Education

Doctor of Medicine Northwestern University, 1903.

Career

Began practice at Chicago, surgeon to Armour & Company, 1903. Settled at Santa Barbara, California, 1906. Director surgical division and chairman of the executive committee of staff, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

Organizer Santa Barbara Clinic, president emeritus, since 1936.

President Board of Health, Santa Barbara, 1930-1934.

Achievements

• Rexwald Brown has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Medical Advisory Board, President Roosevelt’s Economic Security Committee Lieutenant United States Medical Corps, Spanish-American War.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Murphy, 1905 (died 1922). Married second, Mabel Johnson, 1923.