Jesse Brown

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Jesse Brown
2nd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
In office January 22, 1993 – July 3, 1998
Preceded by	Edward J. Derwinski
Succeeded by	Togo D. West, Jr.
Born	March 27, 1944(1944-03-27) Detroit, Michigan
Died	August 15, 2002 (aged 58) Warrenton, Virginia
Political party	Democratic

Jesse Brown (March 27, 1944 — August 15, 2002) was the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1993-1997) appointed in by President Bill Clinton.

Brown was born in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Catholic University in Washington D.C. and Roosevelt University in Chicago, and graduated from the City Colleges of Chicago.

He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1963, and served as a Marine in the Vietnam War, where he was seriously injured in 1965 near Da Nang. After leaving the Marines, he joined the Disabled American Veterans, a service and advocacy organization. Brown was its first African-American director and served from 1989 until 1993.

As the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Clinton administration from 1993-1997, Brown expanded the services offered to female veterans, homeless veterans and veterans who were ill due to chemical exposures in Vietnam or the Gulf War. After he resigned as Secretary, Brown founded a consulting firm, Brown and Associates.^[1]

Brown died in Warrenton, Virginia on August 15, 2002 of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease).^[1] He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.<

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Preceded by Edward J. Derwinski

United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Served Under: Bill Clinton 1993–1997

Succeeded by Hershel W. Gober (acting)

v • d • e United States Secretaries of Veterans Affairs Derwinski • Brown • West • Gober (acting) • Principi • Nicholson • Peake

v • d • e Cabinet of President Bill Clinton (1993-2001) Vice President Al Gore (1993-2001) Secretary of State Warren Christopher (1993 – 1997) • Madeleine Albright (1997 – 2001) Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen (1993 – 1994) • Robert Rubin (1995 – 1999) • Lawrence Summers (1999 – 2001) Secretary of Defense Les Aspin (1993 – 1994) • William Perry (1994 – 1997) • William Cohen (1997 – 2001) Attorney General Janet Reno (1993-2001) Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt (1993 – 2001) Secretary of the Agriculture Mike Espy (1993 – 1994) • Dan Glickman (1994 – 2001) Secretary of Commerce Ronald Brown (1993 – 1996) • Mickey Kantor (1996 – 1997) • William M. Daley (1997 – 2000) • Norman Mineta (2000 – 2001) Secretary of Labor Robert Reich (1993 – 1997) • Alexis Herman (1997 – 2001) Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala (1993-2001) Secretary of Education Richard Riley (1993-2001) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros (1993 – 1997) • Andrew Cuomo (1997 – 2001) Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña (1993 – 1997) • Rodney E. Slater (1997 – 2001) Secretary of Energy Hazel R. O'Leary (1993 – 1997) • Federico Peña (1997 – 1998) • Bill Richardson (1998 – 2001) Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jesse Brown (1993 – 1997) • Togo D. West, Jr. (1998 – 2000) • Hershel W. Gober, act. (2000 – 2001)