Dr. Murray A. Brown retired this past summer as Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of College Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA), a post he has held since 1973. He first served NACTA as President in 1969-70. Brown participated in all but one Annual NACTA Conference since 1966. He was also named a Teacher Fellow in 1972 and received the Distinguished Educator Award in 1978. As a token of their appreciation for Brown's many years of outstanding service, he was presented with the Distinguished Service Award at the Annual Conference last June.

     Brown was born in Rochester, New York. He earned a B.S. in Agriculture Education from Michigan State University in 1950, after serving previously in the U.S. Navy. Brown moved to Texas to pursue an M.S. in Dairy Science and a Ph.D. in Animal Reproduction from Texas A&M University. He began teaching Dairy Science as a graduate assistant in 1953. Brown was promoted to Associate Professor at TAMU in 1962 and served as Professor and Chairman of the Agriculture Department at SHSU from 1965 to 1969. Dr. Brown continued to teach dairy and animal science courses at SHSU until his retirement in 1995. During his career, Brown supervised over 70 masters theses and more than 15 Ph.D. dissertations.

     Dr. Brown authored or co-authored over 85 research papers and one book. His many professional accomplishments include serving as dairy consultant to Milk, Inc., agricultural consultant to Tenneco Oil in Ethiopia, and U.S. AID and U.S. Peace Corps in Togo, Gabon, and Central African Republic. Brown is married to Katherine and together they have a son and two daughters. They also have four grandsons and one great-grandson.