Dr. Roscoe Conkling Brown Senior, lived from 1884 to 1963. Born in Washington D.C., he had an early interest in Public Health and Dentistry, and he graduated from Howard University with his Dental Degree in 1906.

While practicing, he became an instructor of Oral Hygiene and Sanitation For the Richmond Hospital School of Nursing.

Dr. Brown was a founding member of the Office of Negro Health Work and worked in the US Public Health Service. He helped develop educational materials about health concerns for those in the Black Community.

He also served in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's “Black Cabinet” which helped to improve the lives of those in the Black community during Roosevelt’s New Deal from 1933 to 1939.

Thank you, Dr. Conkling Brown for being a public health hero!

This biography is based on publicly available information and was edited by Hugh Dunn and Adam Graczyk.