History Taken From Pat Brown's History "Flying"
with permission from Alan Burton Brown, Jr. "Pat"
Doris Erdman's mother's family were drawn to Utah from Holland by their membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well. Her father's parents were native Germans who moved to Salt Lake from Albany, New York.
Doris grew up in Salt Lake City. She married Alan Burton Brown on 16 July 1934 in Washington DC. Together they had three children; Alan Burton Brown (Pat), Michael Douglas Brown & Doris Elizabeth Brown.
Doris was also a graduate of the University of Utah, a teacher at East High in Salt Lake before marriage. Later, with and after kids, she was a piano teacher, a business school teacher, and a great and fun mother who held the family together. She was the first member of her family to attend or graduate from college.
Doris was followed to college by both of her brothers, who were younger, Doug and Keith. Both also graduated from the University of Utah. Doug lettered in swimming and diving, Keith went on to earn an MBA from Harvard University and served as an Army officer during World War II.
Alan and Doris' first child was Alan Burton Brown, Jr. (March 17, 1935). He was given the nickname Pat by Alan's sister Suzie who decided that having two Alan's in the house would be too confusing. Pat was chosen because of his birthday being on St. Patrick's Day and he has been known as Pat his whole life.
They lived in an apartment building, Harvard Hall, in Washington DC for the first year of Pat's life and then rented a house in Northwest Washington. In 1940, with Alan getting promotions and their next child, a son they named Michael Douglas Brown, being born May 19, 1938, Alan and Doris contracted for a home to be built in a developing area of nearby Alexandria, Virginia, called Beverly Hills.
A third child, a daughter they named Barbara Elizabeth Brown, was born on July 14, 1944 in Washington, D.C.
Alan was involved big time in the war effort, doing the legal work for defense plant and land acquisitions all over the country. So, while Doris was in the hospital delivering Barbara, Pat was enrolled in a camp for two weeks. He became sick at the camp and was left on a cot in the big tent getting sicker for a few days before the office finally called Alan, who came to pick Pat up. Examination by a doctor at their home revealed a probable ruptured appendix. Alan drove Pat directly to the ambulance entrance of Emergency Hospital in Washington. After an emergency operation and two weeks getting the poison drained out, Pat survived. Suzie visited Pat every day, while Alan and Doris were unable to.
Pat remembers going with Doris to take Alan to the Washington National Airport to catch a DC-3 or DC-4 on dark, rainy nights for long flights to the Midwest and West Coast during World War II. Alan did this many times as the assistant general counsel for Defense Plants Administration. Alan was instrumental in getting defense plants built quickly to manufacture the airplanes, tanks, tools and other equipment that won World War II. He also helped finance defense manufactures. One was Howard Hughes, who became a friend. Alan was a group of twenty-five or so who was invited to make the only flight in Hughes' colossal seaplane, the Spruce Goose.
Doris died suddenly and unexpectedly on 12 April 1970 near Washington, D. C. from a ruptured aorta. Undoubtedly the most difficult phone calls Alan ever had to make was to his grown children and other relatives and friends to announce and explain her death.
Everyone in the extended family plus many friends gathered together in Bethesda, Maryland for her funeral.
Doris was big on walking and physical condition. She had just passed a physical exam showing her to be in great shape for sixty-one. Doris was just a great lady, wife and mother.
with permission from Alan Burton Brown, Jr. "Pat"
Doris Erdman's mother's family were drawn to Utah from Holland by their membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well. Her father's parents were native Germans who moved to Salt Lake from Albany, New York.
Doris grew up in Salt Lake City. She married Alan Burton Brown on 16 July 1934 in Washington DC. Together they had three children; Alan Burton Brown (Pat), Michael Douglas Brown & Doris Elizabeth Brown.
Doris was also a graduate of the University of Utah, a teacher at East High in Salt Lake before marriage. Later, with and after kids, she was a piano teacher, a business school teacher, and a great and fun mother who held the family together. She was the first member of her family to attend or graduate from college.
Doris was followed to college by both of her brothers, who were younger, Doug and Keith. Both also graduated from the University of Utah. Doug lettered in swimming and diving, Keith went on to earn an MBA from Harvard University and served as an Army officer during World War II.
Alan and Doris' first child was Alan Burton Brown, Jr. (March 17, 1935). He was given the nickname Pat by Alan's sister Suzie who decided that having two Alan's in the house would be too confusing. Pat was chosen because of his birthday being on St. Patrick's Day and he has been known as Pat his whole life.
They lived in an apartment building, Harvard Hall, in Washington DC for the first year of Pat's life and then rented a house in Northwest Washington. In 1940, with Alan getting promotions and their next child, a son they named Michael Douglas Brown, being born May 19, 1938, Alan and Doris contracted for a home to be built in a developing area of nearby Alexandria, Virginia, called Beverly Hills.
A third child, a daughter they named Barbara Elizabeth Brown, was born on July 14, 1944 in Washington, D.C.
Alan was involved big time in the war effort, doing the legal work for defense plant and land acquisitions all over the country. So, while Doris was in the hospital delivering Barbara, Pat was enrolled in a camp for two weeks. He became sick at the camp and was left on a cot in the big tent getting sicker for a few days before the office finally called Alan, who came to pick Pat up. Examination by a doctor at their home revealed a probable ruptured appendix. Alan drove Pat directly to the ambulance entrance of Emergency Hospital in Washington. After an emergency operation and two weeks getting the poison drained out, Pat survived. Suzie visited Pat every day, while Alan and Doris were unable to.
Pat remembers going with Doris to take Alan to the Washington National Airport to catch a DC-3 or DC-4 on dark, rainy nights for long flights to the Midwest and West Coast during World War II. Alan did this many times as the assistant general counsel for Defense Plants Administration. Alan was instrumental in getting defense plants built quickly to manufacture the airplanes, tanks, tools and other equipment that won World War II. He also helped finance defense manufactures. One was Howard Hughes, who became a friend. Alan was a group of twenty-five or so who was invited to make the only flight in Hughes' colossal seaplane, the Spruce Goose.
Doris died suddenly and unexpectedly on 12 April 1970 near Washington, D. C. from a ruptured aorta. Undoubtedly the most difficult phone calls Alan ever had to make was to his grown children and other relatives and friends to announce and explain her death.
Everyone in the extended family plus many friends gathered together in Bethesda, Maryland for her funeral.
Doris was big on walking and physical condition. She had just passed a physical exam showing her to be in great shape for sixty-one. Doris was just a great lady, wife and mother.
History Taken From Pat Brown's History "Flying"
with permission from Alan Burton Brown, Jr. "Pat"
Doris Erdman's mother's family were drawn to Utah from Holland by their membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well. Her father's parents were native Germans who moved to Salt Lake from Albany, New York.
Doris grew up in Salt Lake City. She married Alan Burton Brown on 16 July 1934 in Washington DC. Together they had three children; Alan Burton Brown (Pat), Michael Douglas Brown & Doris Elizabeth Brown.
Doris was also a graduate of the University of Utah, a teacher at East High in Salt Lake before marriage. Later, with and after kids, she was a piano teacher, a business school teacher, and a great and fun mother who held the family together. She was the first member of her family to attend or graduate from college.
Doris was followed to college by both of her brothers, who were younger, Doug and Keith. Both also graduated from the University of Utah. Doug lettered in swimming and diving, Keith went on to earn an MBA from Harvard University and served as an Army officer during World War II.
Alan and Doris' first child was Alan Burton Brown, Jr. (March 17, 1935). He was given the nickname Pat by Alan's sister Suzie who decided that having two Alan's in the house would be too confusing. Pat was chosen because of his birthday being on St. Patrick's Day and he has been known as Pat his whole life.
They lived in an apartment building, Harvard Hall, in Washington DC for the first year of Pat's life and then rented a house in Northwest Washington. In 1940, with Alan getting promotions and their next child, a son they named Michael Douglas Brown, being born May 19, 1938, Alan and Doris contracted for a home to be built in a developing area of nearby Alexandria, Virginia, called Beverly Hills.
A third child, a daughter they named Barbara Elizabeth Brown, was born on July 14, 1944 in Washington, D.C.
Alan was involved big time in the war effort, doing the legal work for defense plant and land acquisitions all over the country. So, while Doris was in the hospital delivering Barbara, Pat was enrolled in a camp for two weeks. He became sick at the camp and was left on a cot in the big tent getting sicker for a few days before the office finally called Alan, who came to pick Pat up. Examination by a doctor at their home revealed a probable ruptured appendix. Alan drove Pat directly to the ambulance entrance of Emergency Hospital in Washington. After an emergency operation and two weeks getting the poison drained out, Pat survived. Suzie visited Pat every day, while Alan and Doris were unable to.
Pat remembers going with Doris to take Alan to the Washington National Airport to catch a DC-3 or DC-4 on dark, rainy nights for long flights to the Midwest and West Coast during World War II. Alan did this many times as the assistant general counsel for Defense Plants Administration. Alan was instrumental in getting defense plants built quickly to manufacture the airplanes, tanks, tools and other equipment that won World War II. He also helped finance defense manufactures. One was Howard Hughes, who became a friend. Alan was a group of twenty-five or so who was invited to make the only flight in Hughes' colossal seaplane, the Spruce Goose.
Doris died suddenly and unexpectedly on 12 April 1970 near Washington, D. C. from a ruptured aorta. Undoubtedly the most difficult phone calls Alan ever had to make was to his grown children and other relatives and friends to announce and explain her death.
Everyone in the extended family plus many friends gathered together in Bethesda, Maryland for her funeral.
Doris was big on walking and physical condition. She had just passed a physical exam showing her to be in great shape for sixty-one. Doris was just a great lady, wife and mother.
with permission from Alan Burton Brown, Jr. "Pat"
Doris Erdman's mother's family were drawn to Utah from Holland by their membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well. Her father's parents were native Germans who moved to Salt Lake from Albany, New York.
Doris grew up in Salt Lake City. She married Alan Burton Brown on 16 July 1934 in Washington DC. Together they had three children; Alan Burton Brown (Pat), Michael Douglas Brown & Doris Elizabeth Brown.
Doris was also a graduate of the University of Utah, a teacher at East High in Salt Lake before marriage. Later, with and after kids, she was a piano teacher, a business school teacher, and a great and fun mother who held the family together. She was the first member of her family to attend or graduate from college.
Doris was followed to college by both of her brothers, who were younger, Doug and Keith. Both also graduated from the University of Utah. Doug lettered in swimming and diving, Keith went on to earn an MBA from Harvard University and served as an Army officer during World War II.
Alan and Doris' first child was Alan Burton Brown, Jr. (March 17, 1935). He was given the nickname Pat by Alan's sister Suzie who decided that having two Alan's in the house would be too confusing. Pat was chosen because of his birthday being on St. Patrick's Day and he has been known as Pat his whole life.
They lived in an apartment building, Harvard Hall, in Washington DC for the first year of Pat's life and then rented a house in Northwest Washington. In 1940, with Alan getting promotions and their next child, a son they named Michael Douglas Brown, being born May 19, 1938, Alan and Doris contracted for a home to be built in a developing area of nearby Alexandria, Virginia, called Beverly Hills.
A third child, a daughter they named Barbara Elizabeth Brown, was born on July 14, 1944 in Washington, D.C.
Alan was involved big time in the war effort, doing the legal work for defense plant and land acquisitions all over the country. So, while Doris was in the hospital delivering Barbara, Pat was enrolled in a camp for two weeks. He became sick at the camp and was left on a cot in the big tent getting sicker for a few days before the office finally called Alan, who came to pick Pat up. Examination by a doctor at their home revealed a probable ruptured appendix. Alan drove Pat directly to the ambulance entrance of Emergency Hospital in Washington. After an emergency operation and two weeks getting the poison drained out, Pat survived. Suzie visited Pat every day, while Alan and Doris were unable to.
Pat remembers going with Doris to take Alan to the Washington National Airport to catch a DC-3 or DC-4 on dark, rainy nights for long flights to the Midwest and West Coast during World War II. Alan did this many times as the assistant general counsel for Defense Plants Administration. Alan was instrumental in getting defense plants built quickly to manufacture the airplanes, tanks, tools and other equipment that won World War II. He also helped finance defense manufactures. One was Howard Hughes, who became a friend. Alan was a group of twenty-five or so who was invited to make the only flight in Hughes' colossal seaplane, the Spruce Goose.
Doris died suddenly and unexpectedly on 12 April 1970 near Washington, D. C. from a ruptured aorta. Undoubtedly the most difficult phone calls Alan ever had to make was to his grown children and other relatives and friends to announce and explain her death.
Everyone in the extended family plus many friends gathered together in Bethesda, Maryland for her funeral.
Doris was big on walking and physical condition. She had just passed a physical exam showing her to be in great shape for sixty-one. Doris was just a great lady, wife and mother.
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