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Today Grandpa Bill narrates:

Richard W. Brown was born on 3 November 1958 in Northfield Minnesota, he

weighed only 2 pounds 12 ounces. He was the youngest of five children born

to Claude Brown and Marie Mulcahy-Brown. Claude was a farmer and his

mother helped him but also added to the family’s income by working part

time as a dental hygienist. The farm was located near Dundas (between

Northfield and Faribault).

Brown grew up as a typical farm kid helping around the farm, doing chores

and fieldwork. He enjoyed participation in the FFA and 4H. He had three

older brothers, Claude Patrick (Pat), Dennis and Thomas, he also had one

sister Kathleen. He graduated from high school in Northfield in 1977 and

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then went to the University of Minnesota graduating in 1981 with a

baccalaureate degree in Agricultural Business and Economics. He then

worked for the Federal Land Bank until 1982.

While Brown was likely to be successful in Agra-business, after much thought,

he felt the need to help people by going into dentistry. He was inspired to be a

dentist by his mother who graduated from the University of Minnesota Dental

Hygienist School in 1940. Another inspiration came from Brown’s maternal

grandfather Edward P. Mulcahy who had been a flight instructor during

World War One. Mulcahy was severely injured in an airplane crash and he

was medically discharged for his injuries. He then went to The University of

Minnesota Dental School graduating in 1927 and practicing in Northeast

Minneapolis.

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