El Paso School of Medicine Endowed Professorship Funded by Chancellor's Council Members Sherry and Robert Brown
Sherry and Robert Brown
El Pasoans Sherry and Robert Brown have funded a Regent’s Endowed Professorship for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso School of Medicine.
The gift will subsidize the salary of the professorship holder who will have a major academic research interest in the area of border health.
“This is the most significant event to happen in the El Paso region in the last 50 years,” said Robert Brown.
“Our area is significantly below the state average on doctors per 100,000 population. With the addition of the four-year medical school we will see these numbers improve as well as the overall health care provided for this area. The economic impact from the new school will not only boost our economy with the addition of jobs associated with the school but also with related research firms that will locate in El Paso,” he added.
Brown is past chairman of the Texas Tech Board of Regents and is also President and Chairman of Desert Eagle Distributing which is the distributor for Anheuser-Busch products for El Paso and Roswell, New Mexico and Alpine, Texas.
He serves on the Texas Tech University President’s Council and is a member of the Chancellor Search Committee. Brown is a 1968 graduate of Texas Tech University, where he studied business administration and marketing. He earned his doctor of jurisprudence from St. Mary’s University in 1971. The Browns have three children, Preston, Reagan, and Ashley.