William Morgan Brown
William Morgan Brown, 76, of Parkersburg, passed away peacefully at home on December 28, 2020, surrounded by his family and following a courageous 3 1/2 year battle against glioblastoma. Mr. Brown was born July 5, 1944, at Clearwater, FL, the son of Hamlin L. Brown, Jr. and Mildred Rogers Brown.
After graduating from Wahoo High School (Wahoo, NE) in 1962, he attended Clemson University in Clemson, SC, earning a B.S. in Industrial Engineering in 1966 and a M.S. in Engineering from Ohio University in 1969. Several years later, he would serve on the Engineering Advisory Board at Clemson. Bill was a Licensed Professional Engineer in both Wisconsin and West Virginia and served as the Engineer of Wood County for 14 years, until his declining health forced him to retire in early 2018. His career spanned over 30 years of engineering and manufacturing management. In 1999, he retired from industry and joined WVU-P as a professor of engineering technology, retiring after