Owsley Brown II

Retired Chairman of Brown-Forman Corporation (a diversified producer and marketer of consumer products). From 2005 to 2007, Chairman of Brown-Forman Corporation. From prior to 2003 to 2005, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Brown-Forman Corporation. Also director of Brown-Forman Corporation. He died September 26, 2011 in Louisville with his family by his side. Mr. Brown was born September 10, 1942, the son of William Lee Lyons Brown and Sara "Sally" Shallenberger. He was a graduate of Woodberry Forest School, Yale University, where he received his B.A. in history in 1964, and Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. The great-grandson of Brown-Forman Corporation founder George Garvin Brown, Owsley spent 37 years of his professional life with the company. He became president in 1983, chief executive officer from 1993-2005 and chairman from 1995 until 2007. He served as an Army intelligence officer at the Pentagon from 1966-1968. In addition to his service on the Brown-Forman board, Owsley served on the board of NACCO Industries, Inc. He is survived by his wife, Christina Lee; son, Owsley III (Victoire) and their children Chiara, William and Catalina; daughters, Brooke Barzun (Matthew) and their children, Jacques, Eleanor and Charles; and Augusta Holland (Gill) and their children Cora, Owsley and Lilla; brothers, W. L. Lyons Brown Jr. (Alice Cary) and Martin S. Brown; sister, Ina Brown Bond (Mac); brother-in-law, O'Donnell Lee (Jeanie); and numerous nephews, nieces, great-nephews and great-nieces.