Robert Brown Obituary

Dr. Robert E. Brown, MD, 83, passed away on Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Granbury, Texas. He was born November 19, 1941, in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania to Clarence "Chay" Brown and Elizabeth Vrana-Brown.
Dr. Brown was a Clinical Professor of Pathology, teaching colleagues throughout the Houston, TX area. He had over 55 years of experience and taught at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and served as Medical Director of Morphoproteomics at UT Health McGovern Medical School.
In 1962, Dr. Brown earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Pre-Medicine at the University of Akron, then received his Medical Degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1966. In 1968, he took on a Fellowship in Biological Chemistry at Massachusetts General Hospital, in conjunction with Harvard Medical School. Dr. Brown completed his Anatomic Pathology residency at the Medical College of Virginia in 1970 and was board-certified in Anatomic Pathology.
As the inventor of Morphoproteomics, Dr. Brown was an expert in morphology and protein expression in various diseases.
Alongside his clinical work, Dr. Brown also previously served two years in the U.S. Army at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, where he achieved the rank of Major.
Involved in the medical community, Dr. Brown authored and co-authored more than 100 publications and was a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists, the American Society of Clinical Pathology, and the Association of Clinical Scientists. He was also a member of the Editorial Board for the Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science.
He will be remembered for his kindness, intellect and laughter.
Dr. Brown is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Lee Cook-Brown and their two sons, Robert Chay Brown and Jonathan Lee Brown, grandchildren Holden Chay Brown and Ramzi Khan Brown; brother Dr. Jan Brown, Sr. as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by parents and his sister, Elizabeth Brown.
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