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LEE O. BROWN
Vol. 3, p. 1011-1012

Among the educational institutions of Oklahoma which are preparing
workers for the strenuous struggles of competition in modern business
life, one which has come rapidly into public favor by reason of
results attained is Brown's Practical Business College, at Tulsa. The
president and general manager of this institution, Lee O. BROWN, was
born at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, February 21, 1882, and is a son of
Green W. and Martha C. (POYNOR) Brown, both born in the same
vicinity, the father March 27, 1856, and the mother May 9, 1856.

Green W. Brown received his education in the public schools of
Arkansas, and as a youth learned the trade of cabinet making, which
he followed for some years, gradually developing into a contractor
and builder. He came to Oklahoma in 1902 and located at Tahlequah,
where for two years he was engaged in contracting and building, and
in 1904 located at Tulsa, where he followed the same lines for four
years more. In 1908 he engaged in the furniture business, and was
successfully identified with that line until 1912, since which time
he has been retired. He is a democrat in politics.

The only child of his parents, Lee O. Brown enjoyed excellent
educational advantages in his youth, attending the public schools of
Eureka Springs, Green Forest High School and Green Forest Commercial
School, from which latter he was graduated with the class of 1902. In
that year he came to Tahlequah and secured a position as teacher in
the government school. In 1911 he was made principal of the Droughon
Business College, at Tahlequah, and in 1912 became proprietor of that
college, the name of which he changed to the Brown Business College.
On March 17, 1913, he changed his headquarters to Tulsa, and here
founded Brown's Practical Business College, of which he has since
been president and general manager. Mr. Brown is a member of Tulsa
Lodge No. 71, A. F. & A. M.; Tulsa Chapter No. 52, R. A. M.; Aurora
Lodge No. 36, I. O. O. F., and the Knights of Pythias. He is a
democrat in politics. On August 20, 1912, Mr. Brown was married to
Miss Jessie D. FRENCH, who was born at Harrison, Arkansas, a daughter
of Jess and Lou French.

Brown's Practical Business College, as its name suggests, teaches
everything that may be practical to those about to enter business
life. The commercial course includes instruction in bookkeeping,
banking, business arithmetic, spelling, show card writing,
salesmanship, commercial geography, rapid calculation, business
English, business letter writing, business penmanship, commercial
law, parliamentary law, mimeographing, civil service, office filing
and multigraphing; the shorthand and typewriting course includes
instruction in shorthand, touch typewriting, punctuation, dictation,
manifolding, mimeographing, parliamentary law, penmanship, civil
service, commercial geography, business English, business
correspondence, office practice, multigraphing, commercial law,
spelling, show card writing, court reporting and rapid calculation.
One of the features of this institution is what is known as the Home
Study Course, a department which is under the direct supervision of
expert and experienced instructors. Students are placed in positions
as soon as competent and many former pupils are now holding
responsible positions in Tulsa and other cities. The college is
located at No. 510 South Main Street, where it occupies the entire
second floor (7,200 feet of floor) of a new building near the
courthouse, with all rooms well lighted and well ventilated, and with
the latest equipment of every kind.

The credit for the success of this institution must be given to its
energetic and capable directing head, who while still a young man is
nevertheless possessed of broad and practical experience. It is his
belief, as expressed in one of his school's mottoes, that "A Business
Education is a Cash Capital for Life." At any rate, Mr. Brown seems
to have furnished himself with a cash capital of this kind, and it is
evident also that he is in a position to be able to furnish others
with the same start in life.

Typed for OKGenWeb by: Dorothy Marie Tenaza, January 9, 1999.