FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Michael Barr
(805) 756-2933
Cal Poly College of Agriculture, Alumni to Honor
Ag Dean and OH Professor Emeritus Howard Brown Sept. 25
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly’s College of Agriculture is honoring
longtime
Ornamental Horticulture Professor and Dean Emeritus Howard C. Brown
Saturday, Sept. 25, with a special day-long event on campus.
Howard Brown Appreciation Day is expected to bring hundreds of alumni
and industry representatives to San Luis Obispo. Events scheduled
include a morning reception for Brown at the Leaning Pine Arboretum,
tours of the OH unit and College of Agriculture facilities and a formal
evening banquet in Chumash Auditorium honoring Brown.
Brown, a Cal Poly alumnus, joined the university faculty in Ornamental
Horticulture in 1946 after serving for three years in the U.S. Army Air
Corps. In 1976 he was named dean of the College of Agriculture, a
position he held until 1981. He taught in the Ornamental Horticulture
Department again until his retirement in August, 1983.
“Howard Brown is an extraordinary mentor, teacher, leader, volunteer,
human being and friend to us all,” said 1964 OH alumnus Locksey
Dinneford Dorman, one of the organizers of the event. “Without question,
we all ‘grew up’ in a most marvelous way because we encountered
him.”
For ticket information or details, contact the College of Agriculture
at
(805) 756-2933 or visit:
http://alumni.calpoly.edu/events/calendar.asp?pid=2#Sep.
Click Here to read the invitation letter sent by College of Ag Alumni.
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