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Meet...Steve

Name: Steve Brown.

Department: College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

How long at MUSC: 26 ½ years.

City you were born: Kingsport, Tenn.

Family: Wife, Cindy; daughters Addie, 16, and Anna, 13. Pets: a standard poodle Diamond; two cats, Velvet and Rodent; and two parakeets, Pretty Bird and Squawky.

Favorite room in your house: The World War II bunker under my house (my shop and a play room are in there).

Fondest childhood memory: Driving my mother's car (with her permission) on Tennessee back roads as a 12-year-old.

Someone you admire: My wife. She is the most patient person I know.

Plans for the summer: A trip to London to visit my brother and do the usual tourist things.

Something people don't know about you: Prior to attending pharmacy school, I was a mechanic in a textile mill.

Something you tried once and will never do again: Parachuting.

The most interesting job you've ever had: My current position, assistant dean for student affairs.

Best advice you've ever received and who gave it to you: “When the ‘poop’ starts flying, just lay low until it's over.” —Joe Hodge, a retired College of Pharmacy faculty member.

Friday, June 4, 2004
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