Jesse Brown
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- This article is about the Veterans Affairs administrator. For the naval aviator, see Jesse L. Brown.
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| In office January 22, 1993 – July 3, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Edward J. Derwinski |
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| Succeeded by | Togo D. West, Jr. |
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| Born | March 27, 1944 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | August 15, 2002 Warrenton, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
Jesse Brown (March 27, 1944 — August 15, 2002) was the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, appointed in 1993 by Bill Clinton.
Brown was born in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in Chicago, Illinois.
He attended Catholic University in Washington D.C. and Roosevelt University in Chicago, and graduated from Chicago City College.
He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1963, and served as a Marine in the Vietnam War, where he was seriously injured in 1965 near Da Nang. After leaving the Marines, he joined the Disabled American Veterans, a service and advocacy organization. Brown was its first African-American director and served from 1989 until 1993.
As the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Clinton administration, Brown expanded the services offered to female veterans, homeless veterans and veterans who were ill due to chemical exposures in Vietnam or the Gulf War.
Brown died in Warrenton, Virginia.
| Preceded by Edward J. Derwinski |
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs 1993–1997 |
Succeeded by Togo D. West, Jr. |
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| Derwinski • Brown • West • Principi • Nicholson |
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