title: Thomas Bowman Brewer
text: # Thomas Bowman Brewer
  
  Thomas Bowman Brewer (born July 22, 1932) was the second chancellor of East Carolina University, serving in that position from 1978 to 1982. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas and went to the University of Texas at Austin and received his B.A. and M.A. Brewer earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania concentrating on American history. Before assuming the position of chancellor of ECU on July 1, 1978, Brewer was a Dean at Texas Christian University and a department chairman at the University of Toledo.
  
  He was general editor of the MacMillan Company's "Railroads of America" series.
  
  