Dr. Roland Brown was always reserved and unwilling to trouble others, but at his retirement party he could not help saying: "Before I go I have one request. I've given my whole life to the Chinese, and my father gave 40 years to the Chinese too. Are you willing to give a little money for your own brothers, to let this hospital keep on helping poor patients?"
一向內斂、不求於人的薄柔纜，在退休返美前也忍不住在惜別會上說道：「臨別前我有一個請求，我為中國人付出一生，我的父親也為中國人獻上四十年光陰，你們肯不肯為自己的弟兄捐獻一點金錢，讓這個醫院能夠繼續幫助貧困的病患？」