Chester "Trip" Brown, Jr. (1940 - present) is a prominent business owner and has been a member of the Greensboro Rotary Club, since February 1, 1989. Brown's family moved to Greensboro from Asheville, North Carolina, when he was nine years old. He received his bachelor's degree in business from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and then joined the military. After serving in the Army, Brown applied and was accepted to Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma. Brown received his master's degree from Wharton Business School in 1965, then moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, and began working for Cameron Brown Company, which was owned by his uncle. In 1971, Brown moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, to work at Charter Properties. He worked for Charter Properties until the death of his uncle in 1979, after which he returned to Greensboro with his family to assist with his family's business. Brown and his family continue to live in Greensboro.
