Milton C. "Milt" Brown

1950 - 2013

WELLSVILLE – Milton C. "Milt" Brown, 63, passed away Saturday (June 8, 2013) at home, surrounded by his family.
He was born March 9, 1950, in Hornell to William F. and Hazel Marshall Brown. On Feb. 1, 2000, in Alfred, he married Colleen Bellanger, who survives.
Milt was a longtime resident of Wellsville who graduated from Alfred-Almond High School, from Alfred State College with an associate degree in engineering, from RIT with a bachelor's degree in engineering and from Pittsburg State University with a master's degree in engineering technology.
He began working for CE Air Preheater in 1974, where he and two other colleagues received a patent on a Concentric Tube Recuperative Heat Exchanger in 1980. During that time, he started his own business, called Zetacom Corp. Milt left Air Preheater as a manager to teach at BOCES in Belmont and later became an associate professor at Alfred State College, where he taught mechanical engineering until his retirement in 2012.
Milt was a man of many ideas, passions and carpentry and building, which he learned from his father. He was an avid astronomer who, as a teenager, ground his own telescope lenses. He enjoyed computer programming, history, science and reading. Milt was very proud of being a certified geoexchange designer, working on geothermal installations.
Milt will be remembered as a beloved husband, father, friend and teacher to many. "He will be missed dearly, but he will forever be in our hearts," loved ones said.
Surviving besides his wife, Colleen, are three sons, Craig (Lorraine) Brown of Fishkill and Steve Bellanger and Jon (Tiffany) Bellanger, both of Denver; four brothers, John (Mary) Brown of Almond, Doug (Mary) Brown of Alfred Station, Gerald (Candy) Brown of Hume and William Brown of Whitesville; several nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Kathleen Manion of Alma.
Milt was predeceased by a brother, David Brown.
Friends are invited to call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at J.W. Embser Sons Funeral Home in Wellsville. Milt's funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday (June 13, 2013) in the Alfred Station Seventh Day Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Chroniger officiating.
Memorials in Milt's name may be made to either the American Cancer Society or to Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, P.O. Box 631, Buffalo, NY 14240. To leave online condolences, visit www.embserfuneralhome.com.