Brown, Herb

Identity area

Type of entity

Person

Authorized form of name

Brown, Herb

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

      Other form(s) of name

      • H. E. Brown
      • Herbert E. Brown

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      [192-]-2015

      History

      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.

      Places

      North Bay, Ont.

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      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Nipissing University. Board of Governors (1967-)

      Identifier of related entity

      NUCCASC-AR0013

      Category of relationship

      associative

      Dates of relationship

      1967-1985

      Description of relationship

      Herb Brown was a member of the Board of Governors of Nipissing University, serving as Vice-Chairman from 1967 to 1976, and Chairman from 1976 to 1985.

      Related entity

      Northeastern University (1960-1967)

      Identifier of related entity

      NUCCASC-AR0042

      Category of relationship

      associative

      Dates of relationship

      1960-1967

      Description of relationship

      Herb Brown was Secretary of the Executive Council of Northeastern University and a founding member of the University's Board of Directors.

      Related entity

      Northeastern University Committee (1959-1960)

      Identifier of related entity

      NUCCASC-AR0035

      Category of relationship

      associative

      Dates of relationship

      1958-1960

      Description of relationship

      Herb Brown was Secretary of the Executive Council of the Northeastern University Committee.

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      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      NUCCASC-AR0036

      Institution identifier

      Nipissing University and Canadore College Archives and Special Collections

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      Status

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Created March 12, 2015 by Peter Houston

      Language(s)

      • English

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Ontario Jewish Archives. "Early community history - North Bay - Second wave." Accessed March 12, 2015. http://ontariojewisharchives.org/exhibits/osjc/communities/northbay/earlycommunity/secondwave.html

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