a college student in Vermont in 1946, when a sorority was put on probation for accepting her, a Black pledge. The Vermont chapter refused to comply with national demands, and instead dissolved. Death Brown died aged 85 on May 22, 2012, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Awards and honors Brown served in the Republic of the Philippines, Korea, Vietnam and Guantanamo Bay, and Cuba. Brown received the American Theater Ribbon and World War II Victory Medal. he was recognized with the 2009 National Society of Black Engineers Golden Torch Legacy Award-First Honoree. The Wesley Brown Field House at the U.S. Naval Academy is named in his honor. Brown wielded a shovel in the groundbreaking on March 25, 2006. The building was completed in March 2008 and dedicated on May 10, 2008. Brown also participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Jeffrey L. Fowler, and Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley. Brown was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. See also 1941 Harvard–Navy lacrosse game Lawrence Chambers, the second African American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy Notes External links U.S. Naval Academy, CDR Wesley Brown Field House Ground Breaking Ceremony 1927 births 2012 deaths African-American engineers African-American United States Navy personnel 20th-century American engineers United States Navy personnel of World War II United States Navy personnel of the Korean War United States Navy personnel of the Vietnam War Howard University alumni Military personnel from Baltimore United States Naval Academy alumni United States Navy officers Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.) alumni 21st-century African-American people African Americans in the Korean War African Americans in the Vietnam War