Garry E. Brown

A Representative from Michigan. Born in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Mich. , August 12, 1923. Kalamazoo College, B. A. , 1951, and George Washington University Law School, LL. B. , 1954. Admitted to the bar in 1954 and commenced practice in Kalamazoo, Mich. Commissioner of the United States District Court for the western district of Michigan, 1957-1962. Delegate to the Michigan constitutional convention of 1961-1962. Served two terms in the Michigan State senate, 1962-1966. Minority floor leader and chairman of the Republican senate policy committee, served in the Twenty-fourth Infantry Division as second lieutenant in Japan. Elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1979). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress. Resumed the practice of law. Was a resident of Washington, D. C. , until his death on August 27, 1998. Interment in Schoolcraft, Michigan.