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- H. E. Brown
- Herbert E. Brown
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Herb Brown was a prominent North Bay businessman and the founder/owner of the H.E. Brown Supply Company Limited. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland who settled in North Bay, where Brown was raised and to which he returned after serving in the Second World War, establishing the H.E. Brown Supply Company Limited, an automotive and industrial supply business, in 1947. He was very active in the community and was a member of the Board of Governors of Nipissing University for nearly twenty years, serving as Vice-Chairman from 1967 to 1976, and Chairman from 1976 to 1985. He was also Secretary of the Executive Council of the Northeastern University Committee, a founding member of Northeastern University's Board of Directors, and Chairman of the St. Joseph's Hospital Board. Brown died on March 26, 2015.
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North Bay, Ont.
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Created March 12, 2015 by Peter Houston
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Ontario Jewish Archives. "Early community history - North Bay - Second wave." Accessed March 12, 2015. http://ontariojewisharchives.org/exhibits/osjc/communities/northbay/earlycommunity/secondwave.html