William Fred Brown

Bill was born in Billings, Montana on December 2, 1935. His family moved to Southern California when he was 2 years old. He grew up in Santa Monica, California. After graduating from UCLA, he enlisted in the Army in 1959 and was sent to Northern Italy until he completed his military service in the Army Intelligence. Bill met the love of his life, Paola, while serving in Northern Italy and they married in October 1961.

Bill worked for Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, California and moved to Huntington Beach, California when the company received the government contract to build a portion of the Saturn Program. He worked on the Galileo Program at the University of Michigan and later worked at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. He retired from Georgia Tech after 17 years of teaching.

Bill and Paola were not blessed with children but they were happily married for over 63 years. They attended the WCG and were baptized together September 3, 1972. Bill and Paola were ordained deacon and deaconess in the early days of UCG. Bill was ordained an elder June 4, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia.