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Paul Aaron Brown (January 15, 1932 – July 3, 1996) was only the second Republican since Reconstruction to have served as mayor of Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Brown filled an unexpired term from 1989 to 1990 created by the recall of Democratic Mayor Noel Byars. Brown was defeated for a full term on November 6, 1990, by the Democrat Bill Robertson, who became the city's longest-serving mayor in history. ==Background== Brown was born in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. He joined the newly established U.S. Air Force when he was seventeen and was assigned to the U.S. Signal Corps in a job involving surveillance. He was stationed for a time in Panama City, Panama. He lived in numerous cities before he came to Minden early in 1987. On discharge from the Air Force, Brown worked for a detective agency in Houston, Texas. In the middle 1960s, he joined the staff of Motorola in Shreveport. He was thereafter transferred to other locations, including Biloxi in Harrison County, Mississippi, where he sold two-way radios. While on call for Motorola in Meridian in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, he met the former Shirley Florita Carter (November 13, 1944 - November 14, 2006), originally from Natchez, Mississippi. They were married in June 1971 and observed their 25th anniversary just days before Brown's death. Motorola brought the Browns to the capital city of Jackson, Mississippi, then New Orleans, and thereafter Tulsa, Oklahoma. Brown left Motorola and went to work for a law enforcement supply company. In March 1978, he began treatment for alcoholism in the Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. In 1979, he became a counselor to alcoholics. After promotion through various positions, he became director of a counseling center in Greenville, Mississippi. He then worked in Annapolis, Maryland,〔"Chamber President Paul Brown a "doer", ''Minden Press-Herald'', February 23, 1988, p. 1B〕 prior to the move to Minden, where he became the outreach consultant at the newly opened Charter Forest Hospital alcohol treatment center.〔''Minden Press-Herald'', September 8, 1987, p. 4〕 Within three months of his arrival in Minden, Brown was hired as the full-time president of the Minden-Webster Parish Chamber of Commerce, his last position until he was elected mayor. As the chamber president, he launched a drive to increase membership of the organization.〔''Minden Press-Herald'', December 4, 1987, p. 1; "Brown hired by Minden Chamber of Commerce", ''Minden Press-Herald'', December 6, 1987, p. 7〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul A. Brown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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