Walter Brown (May 16, 1920 – March 9, 1998) was a

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politician and businessman.

Biography

A Democrat, he was born in Smallwood,

Fairfield County, South Carolina Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,948. Its county seat is Winnsboro. Fairfield County is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. History 18t ...

, May 16, 1920 as the son of Boyd and Mary (Tidwell) Brown. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives; a delegate to the

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from South Carolina,

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

; the first director of South Carolina Department of General Services (now Budget and Control Board); the vice-president for government affairs of Norfolk Southern Corporation (formerly Southern Railway); the first Trustee Emeritus at the

Medical University of South Carolina The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is a public medical school in South Carolina. It opened in 1824 in Charleston as a small private college aimed at training physicians and has since established hospitals and medical facilities acr ...

. Presbyterian. He died in

, on March 9, 1998. The Walter Boyd Brown Industrial Park in Fairfield County was named for him. He was the grandfather of Representative H.

Boyd Brown H. Boyd Brown (born October 27, 1986) is a former Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives for District 41 from Fairfield County, South Carolina. Biography Brown graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2007 ...

, a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Walter B. 1920 births 1998 deaths Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives People from Fairfield County, South Carolina 20th-century American legislators