Hazel Maude (Heffron) Brown, 88, of Colorado Springs, died Sunday, in a local hospital. She was born Sep. 15, 1901, in Auborn, NY, to Edwin Delos and Mary E. (Dresser) Heffron. She was the first wife of F. Martin Brown. and was a bacteriologist and biochemist at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI where she did bacteriological research with F. Martin Brown. The two were married on Sep. 1, 1927.
She was a graduate of Syracuse University. She had worked with Dr. Cahn at the Geneva Experiment Station in New York. She was one of the first faculty members at the Fountain Valley School where she served in several capacities, including librarian and later helped plan the Hawley Library. She and her husband, F. Martin Brown, explored Ecuador, and the sketch maps they developed, are in the archives of the Library of Congress. The two also collaborated on research that proved bacteria have genetic codes which significantly influenced modern research. She also helped form the Women's Explorer Club of New York.
Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband; a nephew in Virginia and several nieces and nephews in New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York.
She was a graduate of Syracuse University. She had worked with Dr. Cahn at the Geneva Experiment Station in New York. She was one of the first faculty members at the Fountain Valley School where she served in several capacities, including librarian and later helped plan the Hawley Library. She and her husband, F. Martin Brown, explored Ecuador, and the sketch maps they developed, are in the archives of the Library of Congress. The two also collaborated on research that proved bacteria have genetic codes which significantly influenced modern research. She also helped form the Women's Explorer Club of New York.
Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband; a nephew in Virginia and several nieces and nephews in New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York.
Hazel Maude (Heffron) Brown, 88, of Colorado Springs, died Sunday, in a local hospital. She was born Sep. 15, 1901, in Auborn, NY, to Edwin Delos and Mary E. (Dresser) Heffron. She was the first wife of F. Martin Brown. and was a bacteriologist and biochemist at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI where she did bacteriological research with F. Martin Brown. The two were married on Sep. 1, 1927.
She was a graduate of Syracuse University. She had worked with Dr. Cahn at the Geneva Experiment Station in New York. She was one of the first faculty members at the Fountain Valley School where she served in several capacities, including librarian and later helped plan the Hawley Library. She and her husband, F. Martin Brown, explored Ecuador, and the sketch maps they developed, are in the archives of the Library of Congress. The two also collaborated on research that proved bacteria have genetic codes which significantly influenced modern research. She also helped form the Women's Explorer Club of New York.
Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband; a nephew in Virginia and several nieces and nephews in New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York.
She was a graduate of Syracuse University. She had worked with Dr. Cahn at the Geneva Experiment Station in New York. She was one of the first faculty members at the Fountain Valley School where she served in several capacities, including librarian and later helped plan the Hawley Library. She and her husband, F. Martin Brown, explored Ecuador, and the sketch maps they developed, are in the archives of the Library of Congress. The two also collaborated on research that proved bacteria have genetic codes which significantly influenced modern research. She also helped form the Women's Explorer Club of New York.
Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband; a nephew in Virginia and several nieces and nephews in New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York.
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