Alumni Resources
V. Jean Brown Endowment in the College of Pharmacy
Professor Brown came to the college in 1945 in response to the growing enrollment and stayed for twenty-eight years.
She graduated from the University of Kansas with a Ph.G. in 1922 and an
A.B. degree in 1928. She earned the M.S. degree in 1947 from The University
of Oklahoma. Brown also taught one year at the Medical College of South
Carolina and two summers at the University of Mississippi. She had considerable
experience in community pharmacy practice and had worked seven years in
hospital pharmacies before coming to the OU College of Pharmacy. In addition
to her teaching, Professor Brown wrote extensively for pharmaceutical publications.
She retired from the OU College of Pharmacy in 1973.
In her memory, the V. Jean Brown Memorial Scholarship was established.