Ben H. Brown Jr. | |
Office: | United States Ambassador to Liberia |
President: | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Term Start: | November 25, 1964 |
Term End: | July 17, 1969 |
Predecessor: | Charles Edward Rhetts |
Successor: | Samuel Z. Westerfield Jr. |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1914 |
Birth Place: | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
Death Place: | Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. |
Allegiance: | United States |
Battles: | World War II |
Ben Hill Brown Jr. (February 8, 1914May 25, 1989) was the United States Ambassador to Liberia from 1964 to 1969.
Brown was born on February 8, 1914, in Spartanburg, South Carolina to parents Ben Hill and Clara Twitty Brown. His father was the mayor of Spartanburg in 1937.[1]
Brown served in the United States Army in World War II.[1]
Brown was a lawyer.[1] Brown was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the position of United States Ambassador to Liberia on November 25, 1964. The presentation of his credentials occurred on January 6, 1965. He remained in this position until July 17, 1969.[2]
Brown was a member of multiple fraternities such as Phi Delta Phi and Kappa Alpha Order. Brown was also a Freemason. Brown was Episcopalian.[1]
Brown died on May 25, 1989, at the age of 75 of cancer in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.[3] His residence was in Alexandria, Virginia at the time of his death.[4]