Marguerite Hare "Peg" Browne

Peg Browne’s vision, leadership, influence, generosity and hard work helped to create the scholarship program that continues to grow at The College at Brockport today. She has left a special legacy that will benefit students far into the future. She will be dearly missed and long remembered.

I first remember Peg as a teacher at the Campus School when I was in the fourth grade. She was a colleague and friend to my mother, Marion and my stepfather William Nestle. I have very fond memories of Peg and Gerry living next door to us on Adams Street, with their poodle, as I recall named Penny. Despite the early deaths of her brother Don and her husband Jerry, she always was an enthusiastic and energized individual and dedicated to her profession as an educator, even post retirement.

I had Miss Hare in the 3rd grade (1959) in the Campus school and I never forgot her. She was a lovely person and a great teacher. She had spent some time in Germany and taught us many things about it including the song "O Tannenbaum". Strangely, I've lived in Berlin for many years now and have often thought of her and indeed often spoken of her. Because of her, thankfully, I've never drank coca cola, not after she showed us what it does to a tooth in a glass of coke! My deepest...

Our condolences to Peg's family and friends. We have only good memories of this wonderful lady.