Dr. Harold O. J. Brown

Dr. Harold O. J. Brown
Dr. Brown, 74, died at his home in Charlotte on Sunday July 8, 2007. Dr. Brown was born July 6, 1933 in Tampa FL. He was educated in Tampa and at Harvard University, where he earned the A.B., B.D., Th.M. and Ph.D. degrees. He was also a Fulbright Scholar at Marburg University in Germany and a Danforth Fellow at the University of Vienna. As an ordained minister, he was pastor of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Klosters, Switzerland. He was also a noted rowing coach at Harvard where his crew won several championships.
Dr. Brown held the Franklin Forman Chair in Theology and Ethics at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois and was most recently the John R. Richardson Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte. In addition he taught at institutions in Europe and Asia.
In 1975 along with the former surgeon-general C. Everett Koop, Dr. Brown founded the Christian Action Council, now called Care Net, an organization providing counseling and resources to women with unplanned pregnancies. Dr. Brown is the author of nine books including Protest of a Troubled Protestant, Death Before Birth, Heresies, and The Sensate Culture. In addition he wrote numerous articles for the Human Life Review, Christianity Today, Touchstone, Chronicles of Culture, and edited the The Religion and Society Report.
Dr. Brown is survived by his wife, Grace Hancox Brown; two children, a daughter Cynthia Erb, her husband Michael and their two children, Alexander and Natasha; and a son, Peter Brown and his wife Michelle.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday July 12, 2007 in Dunnellon, FL. A memorial service is planned for 2:00 PM Saturday July 28, 2007 at Carmel Presbyterian Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Care Net, 44180 Riverside Pkwy, Suite 200 Lansdowne, VA 20176, Attn: Kristy Whitsitt for the Care Net / Harold O. J. Brown education fund.
Arrangements for the Brown family are in the care of Heritage Funeral Home, Weddington Chapel. Online guest registry is available at www.heritagefuneral.net .