Celsus John Brown
Brother Celsus John Brown, FSC aka Brother C. John, FSC aka Brother John, "Bear":
Birth: 25 November 1913 Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: 5 May 2012 Lincroft, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
Legal name was David John Brown, Jr. He was assigned to the Brothers of the Christian Schools District of Eastern North America (DENA) when he died 5 May 2012 at La Salle Hall, 810 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, New Jersey 07738-1608 USA. Brown was inhumed after a Mass of Christian Burial.
VITA:
Entered the Barrytown Novitiate 1 September 1931;
Received the Religious Habit and Name, "Brother Celsus John, FSC" 7 December 1931;
LaSALLIAN ASSIGNMENTS:
Allegedly Manhattan College class of 1937;
1935-1938: Providence, Rhode Island, La Salle Academy, teacher;
Pronounced his Perpetual (Motion) Vows in Barrytown, New York 1938;
4-D (religious) deferment during WW2;
1938-1946: Waltham, Massachusetts St. Mary's School, teacher;
1946-1947: De La Salle Institute, 160-162 West 74th Street, New York, New York 10023 (defunct), teacher;
1947-1955: La Salle Institute, 174 Williams Road, Troy, New York 12180 teacher;
1955-1957: Providence, Rhode Island, La Salle Academy, teacher;
1957-1962: Detroit, Michigan, St. Joseph's, teacher;
1962-1971: Bronx, New York, Manhattan Prep, teacher. This is where students dubbed him "Bear";
1971-1972: La Salle Institute, 174 Williams Road, Troy, New York 12180 teacher;
1972-1984: La Salle Institute, 174 Williams Road, Troy, New York 12180 vice principal;
On 23 November 1985 the LaSalle Institute honored Br. John and Br. Basil Joseph Dzikas (1917-2003) for youth service
(Schenectady Gazette 9 November 1985 page 12);
1984-2003: La Salle Institute, 174 Williams Road, Troy, New York 12180 teacher;
2003-2012: Lincroft, New Jersey, De La Salle Hall, retired.
He belittled and physically assaulted students in the manner common for Catholic educators at that time along with Sebastian J. Cacaci aka Sebastian Cacaci "Sebbie"/"Sebby" (1920-1968) and Brother George Rudolph Berrian/George R. Berrian/Brother George Berrian, FSC "The Dome" (1925-2016).
Inscription:
CELSUS JOHN BROWN F.S.C.
1913 - 2012
Burial: Saint Gabriel's Cemetery, Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA