Tarlee Brown

Posted By: Reginald Culpepper on September 30, 2005

PROFESSION: Pioneer
Was Chairman and CEO of Brown Design Group, Inc. One of 12 children. First in his family to earn a college degree. Served in the US Air Force. Designed the Chappie James Aerospace Center for Tuskegee University in 1985. Also designed the first solar heated building in Georgia. Lead Venture partner in the design of the Graduate Science Research and Technology Center at Clark Atlanta University, the largest research center on any HBCU campus in America. A member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
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