Rear Admiral Erroll M. Brown, USCG
Source: US
Coast Guard
Biographical Data
A 1972 graduate of the U. S. Coast Guard Academy,
Rear Admiral Brown majored in Marine Engineering. At the University of
Michigan he earned a masters degree in Naval Architecture and Marine
Engineering and a second masters in Industrial and Operations Engineering.
A Masters of Business Administration degree was awarded to Rear Admiral
Brown in 1986 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 1994, he graduated
from the Naval War College with a masters degree in National Security and
Strategic Studies.
Rear Admiral Brown has served as Damage Control
Assistant and Assistant Engineer Officer aboard the Coast Guard Icebreaker
BURTON ISLAND (WAGB-283), and Maintenance Type Deck Officer, Eleventh
Coast Guard District, Naval Engineering Branch. At Coast Guard
Headquarters, he served in the Small Boat Branch as the supervisor for two
resident inspection officers, overseeing their small boat construction
projects. Rear Admiral Brown was assigned as Engineer Officer aboard the
Coast Guard Cutter JARVIS (WHEC-725), was an instructor in the Marine
Engineering Department at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy, and served as
Executive Officer aboard Coast Guard Cutter RUSH (WHEC-723). A Program
Reviewer in the Office of the Chief of Staff, Programs Division in Coast
Guard Headquarters, he has also served as the Military Assistant to the
Secretary of Transportation. Rear Admiral Brown was assigned as Chief,
Budget Division, Office of the Chief of Staff in Coast Guard Headquarters.
Most recently, he was Commanding Officer, USCG Integrated Support Command,
Portsmouth, VA. He is currently Commander, Maintenance and Logistics
Command Atlantic, Norfolk, VA.
A registered Professional Engineer
(PE) in Virginia, Rear Admiral Brown coauthored a University of Michigan
Text with Professor Harry Benford entitled Ship Replacement and
Prediction of Economic Life. He presented this paper before the 25th
Annual Collogium of Shipbuilders at the University of Hamburg in Hamburg,
Germany.
A long-standing active member of the
American Society of Naval Engineers, Society of Naval Architects &
Marine Engineers and the American Society of Engineering Educators, Rear
Admiral Brown has held offices at various organizational levels. He also
serves as a Program Evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology (ABET).
Rear Admiral Brown's awards include:
Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Secretary's Award for
Meritorious Achievement, U. S. Coast Guard Commendation Medal (2 Awards),
Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, National Defense Service
Medal, Special Operations Ribbon (3 awards), Bicentennial Unit
Commendation Ribbon, Antarctica Service Medal, Arctic Service Medal, Sea
Service Deployment Ribbon, Expert Rifleman Medal and the Expert Pistol
Shot Medal.
Rear Admiral Brown is married to the
former Monica Hayes of Groton, CT, and they have two children; Elise-Estee
and Aaron.
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