Educator, school inspector.
Born on a farm at Carberry on 5 January 1913, son of John Goodfellow Brown (1877-1958) and Agnes Dennstedt (1882-1970), he attended Brandon College, graduating with an Arts degree in 1933. He then took teacher training and received a BEd degree from the University of Saskatchewan and an MA degree from the University of Manitoba.
He taught at Wellington School (?-?), Hamiota School (1939-1940), and Shoal Lake School (1940-1941). In 1941, he was appointed a Manitoba School Inspector, based at Eriksdale, and served until 1943 when he joined the Canadian Army. Following his military discharge, he enrolled at Stanford University and received a PhD degree in 1948. He became a science instructor at the Central Normal School and, in 1949, was appointed Director of Curriculum. He was Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba (1959-1974), the first Manitoba-born person to hold the position. He oversaw transfer of the facility to the main university campus and retired in 1974.
On 25 December 1936, he married Elizabeth Louise “Lou” Moore (1913-1992, sister of Myrtle Moore Lorimer) at Regina, Saskatchewan and they subsequently had a daughter and three sons, including Denny Brown (1941-1963) and David Melville Brown.
He died at the Victoria Hospital on 5 June 1996 and was buried in the Garry Memorial Park.
Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary [Denny Brown], Winnipeg Free Press 5 June 1963, page 28.
“Reception set to honor Dean,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 November 1973, page 22.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 June 1996, page 48.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank James Arnett for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 January 2025
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