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Kermit Earl Brown 1923-2009
Pages 38-43

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... Known for his West Texas folksy demeanor, Kermit was born on a cotton farm in Haskell, Texas, on November 2, 1923. His small high school did not offer enough science and math to enroll in the local junior college, so Kermit taught himself from textbooks and passed the entrance exams on his own.
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... Kermit's first order of business was to initiate a research model that is now mimicked by many other universities. He developed the idea of forming a research consortium, where oil companies contribute a small amount of money every year to the university, and TU faculty and students conduct research that is of interest to the industry.
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... Because of its reputation for applied research and quality students, the petroleum engineering program at TU has been consistently ranked among the top five petroleum programs in the nation. Kermit's reputation in research led to his appointment as TU's vice president of research in June 1968.
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... as the man who made TU a multimillion-dollar petroleum research resource and the teacher who inspired multiple generations of energy industry leaders, Kermit Brown has left TU a lasting legacy for which the university's alumni, faculty, students, and consortia members are forever grateful. His daughter, Sandra Kay Brown Paschal, wrote: "Besides teaching and travelling, our father was an avid skier." He is survived by his wife, Katherine; his son Stephen Wesley Brown and his wife, Peggy Brown, of skiatook, oklahoma; his daughter Sandra Kay Brown Paschal and her husband, Wade, of Tulsa; his son robert Michael and his wife, lisa, of austin, Texas; and his son David Earl Brown of Tulsa.
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