Dr. Harry Gray Browne, M.D. passed away on August 28, 2009, in Sparks, Nev. Dr. Browne was born in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 5, 1929. He attended high school at The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn. He graduated from Yale University in 1950 and Cornell University Medical College in 1956. He then pursued 4 years of postgraduate training in pathology at New York Hospital. He served active military duty as director of the Department of Parasitology at the United States Naval Medical Research Unit #3 in Cairo, Egypt, where he conducted field research in the Nile Delta. In 1964, he and his family moved to Nashville, Tenn., where he was an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University Medical School. Dr. Browne co-founded International Clinical Laboratories, and Therapeutic Antibodies. In 1981 he moved to Diablo, Calif., and then to Reno, Nev., in 1988. During his college years, he worked a summer in the engineering office of the family-owned Blackfoot Coal and Land Corporation in Southwestern Indiana. In 1991, he began to share his business expertise as a director and then vice president of the Gray family partnerships, Gray Farms, Inc. and Locust Street Company, Inc. His integrity, leadership and wisdom have been greatly valued. Dr. Browne had a keen intellect, and continually challenged himself to learn and understand more about everything from medicine to theology. He was happiest when in a heated debate with someone with completely opposing views. At the end of the discussion, neither side would waiver, but a mutual respect and sometimes a long lasting friendship would ensue. He was a successful businessman, but valued human contact and the friendships he forged more than financial gain. He combined his love of travel and skill with languages to start businesses in Egypt and in Mexico. He was always an optimist, and looked at every obstacle he faced as an interesting intellectual problem to solve. A devout Catholic, Dr. Browne was thankful for the guidance his church offered him throughout his life. He will be missed by his family and all those who had the privilege of knowing him. He was predeceased by parents, Francis E. Browne M.D. and Margaret Gray Browne, his sister, Jane Jordan Browne Petersen, brother, John Douglas Browne, and son, John Douglas Browne II. He is survived by his wife, Jean K. Browne of Reno, Nev., his children, Susan B. Robinson of Kelseyville, Calif., Linda B. Snook of Santa Cruz, Calif., Jennifer T. Browne of Monterey, Calif., Katherine B. Marsden of El Cerrito, Calif., and Harry T. Browne of Madison, Wis., and two brothers, Allen Gray Browne of Las Vegas, Nev., and Lawrence W. Browne, M.D. of Newport Beach, Calif. He is also survived by ten grandchildren. A memorial Mass was held Mon., Sept. 7th at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Sparks, Nev. A funeral Mass will be held Sat., Sept. 12th at 9 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Evansville, Ind., followed by burial service at the Gray Family Cemetery in Grayville, Ill. A memorial Mass will be held Fri., Oct. 2nd at 11:15 a.m. at Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel, Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif. Contributions may be made to Thomas Aquinas College, 10000 N. Ojai Road, Santa Paula, CA 93060