Early Years, Education, Family
Brown was born in Ferriday in Concordia Parish in eastern Louisiana, adjacent to the Mississippi River. His family moved to a Kansas suburb of Kansas City and then the St. Louis suburb of Ladue, Missouri. Brown graduated in 1958 from Ladue Horton Watkins High School. An excellent athlete, Brown broke several high school individual and team relay track records while at Ladue, including hurdle and sprint relay events. He was a member of the U.S. track team from 1962 to 1963.
Brown obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He also studied for a time at Cambridge University in England. He completed studies at the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans and was admitted to the bar. He began his law practice in Ferriday in 1966 and later operated primarily out of Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Brown is married to the former Gladys Solomon of Baton Rouge (born April 22, 1952). He has one son with Gladys, James Brown. He is the father of three daughters, including Campbell Brown, from his first marriage to the former Dale Campbell (born 1943). Dale is married to William R. Fairbanks (born 1946), and they reside in Vidalia, the seat of Concordia Parish.
Brown is Presbyterian.
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