SCARBOROUGH – Lloyd Brown, M.D., died Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004. He was 92. Dr. Brown, a son of Lloyd Thornton and Marian (Wigglesworth) Brown, was born in Boston, Mass., In 1911. He graduated from Harvard College in 1934, and Harvard Medical School in 1938, and undertook specialty training at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Yale, and New Haven Hospital in New Haven. Dr. Brown married Laura Whitney Dodge in 1939. After serving in the Army Medical Corps, Dr. Brown and his family moved in 1947 to Bangor. There, he practiced general and thoracic surgery at Eastern Maine Medical Center, Togus Veterans Hospital, and Central Maine Sanitarium. While in Bangor, he served as chief of surgery and president of staff at Eastern Maine Medical Center; president of the Penobscot Medical Society; President of Maine Chapters of the American Thoracic Society of the American College of Surgeons; and President of the Northeast Medical Association. He was also vice president of the New England Surgical Society. Dr. Brown also served as a member of the board of the National Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Long dedicated to medicine, surgery and education, Dr. Brown was interested in the improvement and availability of medical care. In 1978, he retired from the Eastern Maine Medical Center and became director of professional services at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital. He and his wife resided in South Brooksville. Dr. Brown was commodore of the Bucks Harbor Yacht Club from 1986-1988. Surviving are his wife, Laura Dodge Brown of Scarborough; and Dr. Brown’s five children, L. David Brown of Boston, Laura W. Marshall of Somerville, Mass., Susanna B. Elliot of Pound Ridge, N.Y. and Brooksville, Rosamond D. Brown of South Portland, and Timothy B. Brown of Lawrenceville, N.J. A Memorial Service will be private and held in the spring. Arrangements are by Conroy-Tully Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, 172 State Street, Portland. Memorial gifts may be sent to Eastern Maine Medical Center, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, or a charity of one’s choice.
DR. LLOYD BROWN, M.D.
