Brown, Wesley Anthony

Portrait
Born: Apr 03, 1927 AD
Currently alive, at 81 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Naval Officer


1927 - Wesley Anthony Brown was born in Maryland on the 3rd April.

1944 - He served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War and served in the US Navy.

1945 - He attended Dunbar High School in the District of Columbia, and was appointed to the Naval Academy as a Midshipman.

1949 - He graduated as a member of the Class, the first African-American to complete a Naval Academy education.

1969 - Wesley A. Brown then entered the Civil Engineering Corps, rising to Lieutenant Commander before he retired from the Navy in July.

         - He served as chairman of DC's Congressional Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Service Academy Selection Board.

         - Brown is a volunteer motivational speaker and particularly enjoys talking with DC high school students and midshipmen of the USNA Black Studies Club during Black History Month.

Page last updated: 5:32pm, 31st Aug '07

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