Born in Selma, Alabama at the end of the 1960s, Bill Brown was destined for the nomadic life and contributing to his church, family, and society. Beginning at eighteen months, he moved the first of (so far) 28 relocations when his military family moved to Mississippi. Subsequently, Bill relocated to Europe, where he spent five of his first fourteen formative years learning both British and German culture (and their attendant languages) before returning to the United States for good in 1984. Upon graduating with Honors from high school, Bill completed both an Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Music Education degree with emphasis in Vocal Performance and a minor in Keyboard. Opting to serve his country in the military, Bill spent 12 1/2 years in the United States Air Force, where he continued the constant traveling through assignments in Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and California before receiving a medical disability retirement in 2004. This tenure included successful completion of the academic portion of medical school through the University of Nebraska, but the program remained unfinished due to the medical issues. Bill also served as a medical laboratory technologist, first in the USAF for ten years and now for eleven in the civilian sector, where his duties include the isolation and treatment of disease, blood transfusions, bone marrow procedures, and performing all tests necessary for successful diagnosis and treatment of patients. He is certified by both the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and the American Medical Technologists, possessing both an AAS and BS in Medical Laboratory Science through Austin Peay State University. In addition to his science degrees and experience, Bill served for one year as a law enforcement officer and one year as the leader of the U.S. Honor Guard at Columbus AFB. He has also completed a ThM through Dallas Theological Seminary under advisement of Dr Daniel B Wallace, completing a thesis on the Comma Johanneum as part of the requirements. In addition to these accomplishments, Bill is one of only 61 people in the world known to possess a Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) as determined by the Neurology Department at the University of California-Irvine. This unique gift has granted Bill several opportunities, including interviews with Lesley Stahl on "60 Minutes," Alix Spiegel on National Public Radio, and two interviews on Dallas television.
Supervisors: Daniel B. Wallace