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Dr. William Neal Brown: Citations and Awards

Citations and Awards

  • Adams Debate Medal, Hampton Institute, 1938
  • American Flag, Presented in Recognition of Service as Tuskegee Airman
  • Tuskegee Airman Medal
  • Citation for Historic Achievement in Education, Beta Alpha Omega, May 1963
  • Listed in “Who’s Who in the East,” 1967
  • Named NJ Social Worker of the Year. National Association of Social Workers, 1969
  • Recognition of Service, Rutgers University Graduate School of Social Work, 1956-1989
  • Named Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University Graduate School of Social Work, 1990
  • Proclamation, “A Salute to Heroes,” Office of County Executive, Essex County, NJ, 2006
  • Recognition of Service to Country, President Barack Obama, USA, 2007
  • Proclamation, “Courageous American,” Tuskegee Airman, Office of County Executive, Essex County, NJ, 2007
  • Essex County, NJ, Executive Proclamation in Recognition as the first Black professor at Rutgers University, 2007
  • In Honor of William Neal Brown, Congressional Record, The Hon. Frank Lautenberg and the Hon. Robert Menendez, 2007
  • Congressional Medal of Honor in Recognition of Contributions to African-American History, 2007
  • Congressional Medal of Honor in Recognition of Service as a Tuskegee Airman, 2007
  • Tuskegee Airman William Neal Brown, Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, The Hon. Donald Payne, 2007
  • Award, Dedicated Service in World War II, Daughters of the American Revolution, 2008

Posthumous Honors

  • The William Neal Brown Endowed Memorial Lecture, Rutgers University
  • The William Neal Brown Endowed Memorial Scholarship, Rutgers University