What is Jesse Brown?
{{Infobox US Cabinet official |name=Jesse Brown |image=Jesse_brown_va.jpg |order=2nd |title=[[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] |term_start=January 22, 1993 |term_end=July 3, 1997 |predecessor=[[Ed Derwinski|Edward J. Derwinski]] |successor=[[Togo D. West, Jr.]] |birth_date={{birth date|1944|3|27|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] |death_date={{death date and age|2002|8|15|1944|3|27}} |death_place=[[Warrenton, Virginia]] |party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] |alma_mater=[[City Colleges of Chicago]] |profession= |branch=[[United States Marine Corps]] |battles=[[Vietnam War]] }} '''Jesse Brown''' (March 27, 1944 – August 15, 2002) was the [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] under President [[Bill Clinton]] from 1993 to 1997. ==Early life== Jesse Brown was born on March 27, 1944, in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], but grew up in [[Chicago]]. He attended [[The Catholic University of America]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Roosevelt University]] in Chicago, and graduated from the [[City Colleges of Chicago]]. ==Military service== He joined in the [[United States Marine Corps]] in 1963, and served as a Marine in the [[Vietnam War]], where he was seriously injured in 1965 near [[Da Nang]] – his right arm shattered and partially paralyzed. ==Veterans service== ===DAV=== In 1967, Brown joined the staff of [[Disabled American Veterans]] (DAV), a service and [[wikt:advocate|advocacy]] organization. He served in many different supervisory roles with the DAV in the 1970s and 1980s: * 1973 – supervisor of National Service Office in Washington, D.C. * 1976 – supervisor of National Appeals Office * 1981 – Chief of Claims, National Service and Legislative Headquarters * 1983 – Deputy National Service Director In 1989, Brown became the DAV's first African-American director, serving until 1993. ===Secretary of Veterans Affairs=== In January 1993, Brown was picked by President [[Bill Clinton]] to the position of Secretary of Veterans Affairs,<ref name=NYTselection>{{cite news |acce