Alice Brown

Alice Brown graduated from Appalachian State University with a B.S.and M.A.in English and from the University of Kentucky with an Ed.D.in Higher Education.She taught in public high schools at Fort Bragg and Cary, NC, and in Richmond, KY.Her college teaching experiences include Appalachian State, Ohio University, Eastern KY University, and the University of KY.She worked in Special Programs at EKU and in Conferences and Institutes at UK and served as State Director for KY Elderhostel in both offices.From 1983 until 1993, she led the Appalachian College Program at UK (later named the Faculty Scholars Program), awarding fellowships to faculty at small private colleges in central Appalachia.That program grew into the Appalachian College Association, which she led for fifteen years, raising almost $50 million, $25 million of which was for endowment.