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 P.W.
Brown Retires From Extension After 31 Years of Service
Auburn, Dec. 18, 2003---P.
W. Brown, Extension affirmative action programming officer, will
retire December 31 after 31 years of service.
Brown came to Auburn in 1990 as
affirmative action programming officer and the assistant to the vice
president of Extension. He conducted county reviews throughout the
state and advised Extension’s director on the status of affirmative
action efforts in Extension programs.
Prior to his work at Auburn, Brown was
head of the Extension program at Tuskegee University for almost 19
years. In that capacity, he raised $50 million for 1890 colleges and
Tuskegee University.
While at Auburn, Brown served on
several important committees, some of which were national personnel
searches for Extension and Auburn
University. As the Affirmative
Action Programming Officer, Brown greatly enhanced the effort to
monitor parity in programming and to teach field staff through the
county reviews how they could better reach out to minorities in
delivery of programs.
“P.W. Brown’s 31 years of service are
part of the almost 1,900 years of expertise that our organization and
the people of Alabama are losing at the end of 2003. His
accomplishments as affirmative action programming officer have made
our organization a better place,” said Dr. Gaines Smith, interim
director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
“Brown’s successes helped build the
heritage of achievement on which current and future programs are
built. I personally thank P.W. for his dedication to effective
programs and wish him the very best in retirement,” Smith said.
As for retirement, Brown says he has
no special plans. “I’m just going to relax and take it easy.”
A graduate of Tuskegee Institute,
Brown completed his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in
agricultural education and his educational specialist degree in
administration/Extension education. He did further studies at
Ohio
State
University.
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