{"id":3120141,"date":"2016-03-01T00:06:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T05:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/william-o-brown\/"},"modified":"2016-03-01T00:06:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T05:06:30","slug":"william-o-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/william-o-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"William O. Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Brown<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">William O. Brown<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, de 92 a\u00f1os, el 10 de enero de 2014, en Milwaukee, Wisconsin, inesperadamente, mientras dorm\u00eda. Bill naci\u00f3 el 7 de marzo de 1921 en la ciudad de Nueva York, hijo de Florence Staehle y Harry Brown. Durante su juventud, vivi\u00f3 en Rockaway Beach, Long Island (Queens), con su abuela materna y su t\u00eda Gert, quien desde el principio aliment\u00f3 su amor por las artes con viajes a obras de teatro y museos en la ciudad. Ya pacifista, se alist\u00f3 en la Segunda Guerra Mundial solo porque se le permiti\u00f3 servir en el cuerpo m\u00e9dico, llevando a los heridos a los hospitales de Londres desde el frente europeo. En 1950, complet\u00f3 una maestr\u00eda en psicolog\u00eda en la Universidad de Colorado Boulder, donde, en un paseo matutino de domingo por las colinas cerca de Boulder, conoci\u00f3 a la esposa de su profesor de camino al Meeting cu\u00e1quero. Encontrando lo que hab\u00eda estado buscando en el silencio y la libertad guiados por el Esp\u00edritu, se uni\u00f3 al Meeting de Boulder (Colorado).     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Se convirti\u00f3 en psic\u00f3logo cl\u00ednico infantil, trabajando con familias en Madison, Wisconsin, en 1954. Asisti\u00f3 al Meeting de Madison y comenz\u00f3 una larga relaci\u00f3n con Illinois Yearly Meeting (ILYM), incluyendo siete a\u00f1os como coordinador administrativo. Una mudanza a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a finales de los a\u00f1os 50 le permiti\u00f3 conocer a Sandra Topitzes, que era de una gran familia griega. Su peque\u00f1a boda cu\u00e1quera en el Meeting de Milwaukee en 1959 fue seguida por una gran boda ortodoxa griega al d\u00eda siguiente. Se uni\u00f3 al Meeting de Milwaukee en 1966, coordin\u00f3 el movimiento Turn Toward Peace en Milwaukee durante cuatro a\u00f1os, y sirvi\u00f3 como consejero de reclutamiento y organizador de actividades locales por la paz durante la Guerra de Vietnam. Dio la Conferencia Plummer de 1978, \u201cTrascendencia en la b\u00fasqueda de la integridad\u00bb, ahora disponible en el sitio web de IYLM (     <\/span><i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ilym.org<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despu\u00e9s de jubilarse en 1979, \u00e9l y Sandra vendieron su casa y viajaron extensamente. En 1982\u201383, sirvieron como directores residentes en William Penn House en Washington, D.C. Sirvi\u00f3 en el Comit\u00e9 Ejecutivo de la oficina de Chicago del American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) y recaud\u00f3 fondos para la casa de reuni\u00f3n de Milwaukee, dedicada en 1984. Dirigi\u00f3 el culto cu\u00e1quero en la prisi\u00f3n de m\u00e1xima seguridad para hombres en Waupun, Wisconsin, dos veces al mes durante m\u00e1s de 20 a\u00f1os y fue coordinador durante mucho tiempo de la recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos anual de la tienda de regalos internacional del Meeting de Milwaukee (ahora en su cuadrag\u00e9simo cuarto a\u00f1o) que sigue siendo una de las mayores recaudaciones de fondos de un d\u00eda para ASFC (y que ahora tambi\u00e9n apoya al Friends Committee on National Legislation). Una presencia constante en el culto, el d\u00eda de trabajo del Meeting, la sesi\u00f3n de educaci\u00f3n religiosa para adultos y la comida compartida durante muchos a\u00f1os, fue una columna vertebral de la comunidad cu\u00e1quera, ejemplificando una vida activista basada en el culto. Sus postales a los reci\u00e9n llegados y a los viejos Amigos por igual ayudaron a todos a sentirse cerca de \u00e9l. Su consejo a cualquiera que se preguntara c\u00f3mo convertirse en un buen cu\u00e1quero era \u201cven al culto\u00bb. Su capacidad para vivir en la Luz con gran alegr\u00eda, humor y buena voluntad, mientras permanec\u00eda plenamente comprometido con el sufrimiento del mundo, es su legado y ejemplo para los Amigos de todas partes.      <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aunque no tuvo hijos propios, actu\u00f3 seg\u00fan su reverencia y respeto por los ni\u00f1os tanto en su vida en el Meeting como en su carrera. En 1986, una pareja que esperaba su primer hijo le pidi\u00f3 a Sandra y a \u00e9l que se convirtieran en los abuelos de su hijo; felizmente sirvieron en este papel para el \u201cnieto\u00bb Chris Judkins-Fisher durante m\u00e1s de 25 a\u00f1os. A Bill le sobrevivi\u00f3 su amada esposa de 55 a\u00f1os, Sandra Topitzes Brown, quien le sigui\u00f3 en la muerte el 22 de septiembre de 2014.  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brown\u2014 William O. 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