Kenneth Lee Brown (June 15, 1933 – November 3, 2010) was an American academic credited with pioneering and heading the first undergraduate peace studies program in the United States.[1] Brown chaired the Peace Studies Institute and Program in Conflict Resolution at Manchester College in Indiana from 1980 until 2005.[1] Brown received the 2005 lifetime Achievement Award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association*.[2] The peace studies major, the first of its field in the United States, had originally been established in 1948.[1] Brown was also an ordained minister within the Church of the Brethren.[1]

Brown retired in 2006, but continued to teach as a professor emeritus.[1] A resident of North Manchester, Indiana, Brown died of vasculitis on November 3, 2010, at the age of 77. He was survived by his wife, Viona, and three children.[1]

Brown's sermons, speeches, papers, pamphlets, letters, reflections, and satirical pieces have been made available to the public in the PALNI Digital Library Collections http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15705coll26 Documents from 1956, when Brown was a student at Bethany Theological Seminary to 2008, when he spoke at a reception celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of peace studies at Manchester College (now: Manchester University) are included in the collection.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Abrams, Holly (2010-11-04). "Peace studies pioneer dies at 77". The Journal Gazette. Archived from the original on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  2. ↑ "Peace studies professor and activist Ken Brown of Manchester faculty dies". Manchester.edu. 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2013-11-08.


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