The senior class traveled to Maryland to meet with the state’s recently-inaugurated Lieutenant Governor.  They found the session to be one of the most inspiring of the summer.  In addition to answering the scholars’ public policy questions, Brown talked about his life and his commitment to public service.  He was born to a Jamaican father and Swiss mother who embraced the opportunities that America provided.  Following their advice, he worked hard to take advantage of America’s opportunities.  He became the first African American student government president at his high school and graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1984.  While in Cambridge, he also joined Army ROTC and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army.  He went on to graduate first in his class at flight school. After serving in the Army, he enrolled at Harvard Law School. After practicing law for several years, he was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, where he served as Majority Whip from 2004 until he was elected Lt. Governor this year. He had an interlude from politics in 2005, when he was deployed as a reservist to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.