Br. BURNET D. BROWN

Burnet D. Brown

      Brother Burnet Brown was initiated into Detinu Vidal Chapter of the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity in the year 1971. On finishing his studies at Moorpark College, Burnet transferred to the University of California Los Angeles, where he majored in economics. He completed his graduate studies in Energy Resources at the University of California Berkeley.

      Burnet has a lifelong love of history and nature. Just after high school he walked the Pacific Crest / John Muir Trail from the Mexican border to Canada. In later years, he took a leave from Marketing and Financial Management Enterprises to hike the Continental Divide, again from Mexico to Canada. His chief areas of historical interest are the American Civil War and California history.

    After college, Burnet worked as a research specialist for Booz Hamilton in Washington D.C. Later he became a Marketing Research and Planning specialist for Marketing Financial Management Enterprises, a company owned by Brs. Chet Swenson and  Steve Falk in Woodland Hills, California.

      In 2013 Burnet Brown is an independent Marketing Consultant. He is actively involved in the marketing of environmentally friendly inventions and products.

Burnet served as a founding member of the Board of Directors for The Museum of the San Fernando Valley.

A THANK YOU NOTE FOR THE MAPLE LEAF SCHOLARSHIP AT MOORPARK COLLEGE

Here's a note from the President of Moorpark College, in response to a scholarship given to the school from The Maple Leaf Endowment Fund. Moorpark College was the home of our Phi Delta Psi Detinu Vidal Chapter.

"Dear Friends of Moorpark College,
Thank you for supporting students through the Moorpark College Foundation's Scholarship program in 2007. Your donation helped students move forward to a bright future and many happy years to come.
Eva Conrad Moorpark College President"

This year's Maple Leaf Endowment check to Moorpark was earmarked for a student returning to college after service in Iraq or Afghanistan. This was done in honor of our Founders Don Taggart and Grady Talbot who began our Brotherhood after returning from service in the US Marine Corps in the Korean Conflict. The scholar will be selected under the auspice of Dr. Francis Bianchino.