{"id":16059,"date":"2014-10-22T09:26:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T13:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=16059"},"modified":"2014-10-22T09:26:22","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T13:26:22","slug":"stetson-dedicates-brownacre-professor-law-emeritus-james-j-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2014\/10\/22\/stetson-dedicates-brownacre-professor-law-emeritus-james-j-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Stetson dedicates &#8220;Brownacre&#8221; to professor James J. Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Family, friends, students, alumni and colleagues gathered at noon on Oct. 21<sup>\u00a0 <\/sup>to honor the life and work of longtime Stetson University Professor of Law Emeritus James (J.J.) Brown, who died in May of this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15373\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Brown-JJ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Brown-JJ-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund Professor Emeritus James J. Brown\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorneys&#8217; Title Insurance Fund Professor Emeritus James J. Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stetson Law dedicated one of Professor Brown\u2019s favorite locations in Stetson&#8217;s Dolly and Homer Hand Law Library on the Gulfport campus as \u201cBrownacre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman \u201987, a former student and friend of Professor Brown, as well as Professor Brown\u2019s daughter Amy Kluth offered remarks at the dedication of \u201cBrownacre,\u201d a tribute to the longtime property law professor Brown who often referenced the generic \u201cWhiteacre\u201d and \u201cBlackacre\u201d in property cases.<\/p>\n<p>Stetson Law Dean Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, Professors of Law Emeritus William Eleazer and Michael Swygert (in absentia), and professors and former students Brooke Bowman\u201902 and Stephanie Vaughan \u201991 all spoke in tribute to their friend, mentor and colleague, described as a tough professor who challenged his students and lifted them up.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Brown retired from Stetson in 2010. He was the first Attorneys\u2019 Title Insurance Fund Professor at Stetson University, where he taught property, real estate law, land use planning and local government for more than three decades. He began teaching law in 1970, following five years of practice in Cleveland, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>The Stetson University College of Law Professor James J. Brown Merit Retention Scholarship Fund is named for the professor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16062\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Brownacrespeakers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Brownacrespeakers-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R): Professor of Law Emeritus William Eleazer, Amy Kluth, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, Professor Stephanie Vaughan, Dean Christopher Pietruszkiewicz and Professor Brooke Bowman.\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R): Professor of Law Emeritus William Eleazer, Amy Kluth, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, Professor Stephanie Vaughan, Dean Christopher Pietruszkiewicz and Professor Brooke Bowman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family, friends, students, alumni and colleagues gathered at noon on Oct. 21\u00a0 to honor the life and work of longtime Stetson University Professor of Law Emeritus James (J.J.) 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