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EVMS honors graduate who died on space shuttle

The Virginian-Pilot

NORFOLK - Eastern Virginia Medical School officials unveiled a memorial 
Saturday to David Brown, one of the seven astronauts killed in the space 
shuttle Columbia and a 1982 graduate of EVMS.

Brown's parents and brother attended the ceremony, which also mentioned 
the school's work toward a scholarship in honor of Brown. Anyone 
interested in donating to the scholarship can call EVMS at (757) 446-6070.

Brown beca me a Navy pilot and captain, and later a mission specialist 
on Columbia. He returned often to the medical school for reunions and 
once delivered a commencement speech.

The memorial to Brown stands in Lewis Hall. A display case holds items 
donated by his family, including a blue NASA jumpsuit, school notes and 
a book of letters and drawings from children across the country who 
wrote to the Brown family after the Columbia disaster in 2003. 


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