Authors and Illustrators Database

Prentiss Marsh Brown

Born: 06/18/1889  St. Ignace, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Died: 12/17/1973
Parents: James John and Minnie Brown
Spouse: Marion Walker
Children: Mariana, Ruth, James, Barbara, Patricia, Prentiss M., Paul
Address(es):
Interred:
Lakeside Cemetary
St. Ignace, MI

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Civil War in the Religious Perspective
- Committee chairman: Prentiss M. Brown.
Non Fiction Adult Michigan. Civil War Religious Committee. 1959
The Mackinac Bridge Story Michigan History Adult Detroit : Wayne University Press 1956
Alex Dow, 1862-1942, for 28 Years the President of Detroit Edison Non Fiction, Biography, Michigan Adult New York, Newcomen Society in North America 1951
Increasing the Debt Limit of the United States and Providing for Federal Taxation of Future Issues of Obligations of the United States and its Instrumentalities Non Fiction Adult U.S. Government Printing Office 1941
Taking Life Easy 1911

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Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) English literature
- Summa Cum Laude
Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI 1967

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Chairman Mackinac Bridge Authority Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1951-1973
Chairman of the Board Detroit Edison Company Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1944
Partner Brown, Lund and Fitzgerald Washington 1943
Member War Production Board 1943
Senator
- Appointed to fill unexpired term of late James Couzens, U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate WashingtonD.C. 1937-1943
Representative Michigan House of Representatives Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1933-1937
Member Michigan Board of Law Examiners 1930-1941
- Michigan bar admission 1914
Prosecuting attorney Mackinac County Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1914-1926
City attorney St. Ignace, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1914-1933
Lawyer St. Ignace, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1914
President 1st National Bank of St. Ignace St. Ignace, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Official Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit
Chairman Mackinac Bridge Authority

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He has been called the "father of the Mackinac Bridge." His import was so great that his visage was placed on a special memorial bridge token created by the Mackinac Bridge Authority. (http://www.mackinacbridge.org/prentiss-m.-brown-62/)

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