WASHINGTON (May 7, 2020) – Hailing from Bermuda, Dr. Ewart Frederick Brown was a two-sport student-athlete for the Howard University football and track & field teams.
 
Dr. Brown was the Student Body President at Howard, acting as a vocal figure during the Washington riots by speaking alongside campus activists and Black Panther leaders, such as Stokely Carmichael.
 
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, Dr. Brown went on to earn a M.D. from Howard's College of Medicine and a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles.
 
In 1974, Dr. Brown opened a medical practice called the Vermont Century Medical Clinic in Los Angeles. He also spent time as an assistant professor at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. He was a physician to well-known civil rights leader and former Democratic U.S. presidential candidate, Rev. Jesse Jackson.
 
While living in the United States, Dr. Brown received many awards, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP's) Pacesetter Award [1984] and the Marcus Garvey School, Los Angeles, Humanitarian of the Year [1991].
 
This background led him to establish Bermuda Healthcare Services in 1993. That same year, he ran as a Progressive Labor Party (PLP) candidate and beat a former Premier by 14 votes.
 
In 1998, after his party became the first Black Government in the history of Bermuda, he was appointed to the cabinet as the Minister of Transport (1998) and the Deputy Premier of Bermuda (2003). A year later (2004), Dr. Brown was given additional responsibility as the Minister of Tourism and Transport.
 
On Oct. 12, 2006, Dr. Brown resigned from the cabinet to make a bid for leadership. Two weeks later, he defeated the incumbent Alex Scott and became Bermuda's ninth Premier three days later.
 
In July 2009, Dr. Brown found himself at the center of an international controversy after he agreed to bring four Uighurs, Chinese Muslims, who had been incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Bermuda. A no-confidence vote to force his resignation failed and Dr. Brown remained as leader.
 
In Oct. 2010, he kept his promise and retired from politics.
 
In 2018, Dr. Brown was inducted into the Howard Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the 1968 and 1969 Track & Field team, serving as co-captain. He is also a former member of the Howard University Board of Trustees.
 
He and his wife, Wanda Henton Brown, have four sons and three grandchildren.
 
About Where Are They Now?
 
The new weekly series of "Where Are They Now?" appears each Thursday throughout the year.
 
The series will feature former student-athletes from all sports and eras, highlighting their careers as athletes at the University and what they are presently doing.
 
All interested former athletes and their coaches should submit a short bio, a recent head shot and contact information on how they can be reached via email to Lauren Stewart (lauren.stewart@bison.howard.edu) and Derek W. Bryant (derek.bryant@howard.edu).
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.