| 词条 | Roscoe Brown |
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| name = Roscoe Brown | image = RoscoeBrownNYCT.jpg | caption = Brown speaks at the dedication of the Tuskeege Airmen Bus Depot of MTA Regional Bus. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|3|9}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|7|2|1922|3|9}} | death_place = Norwood, New York | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = Washington, D.C. | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = United States | branch = Army Air Corps | serviceyears = | rank = Captain | servicenumber = | unit = 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group | commands = | battles = World War II | battles_label = Conflict | awards =Distinguished Flying Cross | relations = | laterwork = }}Roscoe Conkling Brown Jr. (March 9, 1922 – July 2, 2016) was one of the Tuskegee Airmen and a squadron commander of the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group He was appointed to this position in June 1945, which was after V-E Day (May 8, 1945). During combat, he served as a flight leader and operations officer only. He graduated from the Tuskegee Flight School on March 12, 1944 as member of class 44-C-SE[1] and served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in Europe during World War II. During this period, Captain Brown shot down an advanced German Me 262 jet fighter and a FW-190 fighter.[2][3] He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.[4] Brown was born in Washington, D.C. in 1922.[5][6] His father, Roscoe C. Brown Sr. (1884–1963), was a dentist and an official in the United States Public Health Service[7] who was born as George Brown and had changed his name to honor Roscoe Conkling, a strong supporter of the rights of African Americans during Reconstruction. His mother was the former Vivian Berry, a teacher.[5] Prior to his wartime service, he graduated from Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was valedictorian of the Class of 1943.[8] After the war, Captain Brown resumed his education. His doctoral dissertation was on exercise physiology[9] and he became a professor at New York University and directed their Institute of Afro-American Affairs. He was President of Bronx Community College from 1977 to 1993 and then director for the Center for Education Policy at the City University of New York.[5] In 1992, Brown received an honorary doctor of humanics degree from his alma mater, Springfield College. On March 29, 2007, Brown attended a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, where he and the other Tuskegee Airmen collectively, not individually, were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their service.[10] He was also a member and past president of the 100 Black Men of America New York Chapter.[11] and professor of Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate Center. Brown died on July 2, 2016 at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y. at the age of 94.[5][12][13] He had resided in Riverdale in his latter years.[14] References1. ^Tuskegee University's Tuskegee Airmen Pilot Listing. Retrieved 2012-01-21 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000349/http://www.tuskegee.edu/about_us/legacy_of_fame/tuskegee_airmen/tuskegee_airmen_pilot_listing.aspx |date=2013-12-03 }} 2. ^Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. - Military Biography 3. ^Roscoe Brown, Jr. Biography 4. ^https://nypost.com/2016/07/05/saying-farewell-to-an-american-hero-roscoe-brown-jr/ 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Sam|title=Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., 94, Tuskegee Airman and Political Confidant|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/nyregion/roscoe-c-brown-jr-tuskegee-airman-and-confidant-to-new-york-politicians-dies-at-94.html|accessdate=7 July 2016|work=New York Times|date=July 7, 2016|page=A17}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Roscoe C. Brown|url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/roscoe-c-brown-39|publisher=thehistorymakers.com|accessdate=6 November 2013}} 7. ^The History Makers Biography of Captain Brown 8. ^Interview: Dr Roscoe Brown, Tuskegee Airman and Squadron Commander claytonperry.com 9. ^Pilot and edicator Roscoe C Brown Keystone College 10. ^"WWII black pilots, Tuskegee Airmen, get top civilian honor" William Douglas. McClatchy Newspapers, March 30, 2007. 11. ^[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Roscoe-C-Brown-Jr/157795607617902?v=info Roscoe C Brown, Jr] Facebook 12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/longtime-nyc-educator-wwii-hero-roscoe-brown-dead-94-article-1.2698799|title=Longtime NYC educator, WWII hero, Roscoe Brown dead at 94|access-date=2016-07-05}} 13. ^World War II Hero Dr. Roscoe C. Brown Dies at 94 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705151635/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Dr-Roscoe-C-Brown-Jr-Tuskegee-Airmen-World-War-II-Pilot-Hero-Dies-385475491.html |date=2016-07-05 }} 14. ^"Sixty years later, Congress honors Tuskegee Airmen" William Douglas. McClatchy Newspapers, March 15, 2007. External links{{Commons category|Roscoe Brown}}{{Portal|United States Air Force}}
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