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spirit and determination. Gladys Louise Brown maintained an “A” average
throughout her high school years and garnered the title of Valedictorian of the
1958 graduated class of Ballard-Hudson High School with more than 200 students in the class.
Education was integral to the person Gladys was. She encouraged everyone she
knew to become skilled so that they would be prepared to meet whatever challenge was ahead. This was not a trite statement to her; “If you can conceive it,
and believe it, then you can achieve it.” Gladys entered Talladega College in
the fall of 1958 and was graduated Magna Cum Laude in the spring of 1962,
conferred with the Bachelor of Arts in Biology with minors in Chemistry and
Secondary Education. While she was a student at Talladega College, Gladys was
initiated into the Chi Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
in 1959.
1958 Ballard-Hudson High School graduation

Driven by an insatiable need to be the best she could be professionally, Gladys
went on to earn two advanced degrees. She received the Master of Science
Education (with emphasis in Earth Science) in 1965 from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. And, in 1968 she received the Master of Science
in Biochemistry from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. Gladys continued
her thirst for knowledge and achievement as she did post-graduate studies and
became a licensed real estate broker. She completed the full course of “Elements
of Real Estate Selling” in 1972 at the Detroit School of Real Estate. Gladys
believed in gaining top billing in her every undertaking, thus she attained licenses
from the Alabama Association of Realtors in 1984 and the National Association
of Realtors in 1985.

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A Time to Serve

1959, Talladega College with AKA sorors

pon graduating from Talladega College in 1962, Gladys returned to
her roots of Macon, Georgia and to her Alma Mater, Ballard-Hudson High. It was her time to give back to her own community, serving as a science teacher for two years. In 1964, Gladys then moved to Baltimore, where she
resided for about sixteen months, to teach and to further her education. Gladys
then settled in Detroit, Michigan, working for 18 years as a high school chemistry
teacher and cheerleading coach. Also while residing in Detroit, Gladys taught
part-time at the University of Detroit and began her career in real estate.
In 1983 Gladys decided to leave the classroom of test tubes and balancing chemical equations to pursue real estate full-time. She decided to move south to an
area that had a flourishing market, Huntsville, Alabama, where she resided until
December, 2012. Gladys worked the Huntsville-Madison, Alabama area for
almost 30 years having sold real estate worth millions of dollars for many of
those years. She was an agent/broker for Re/Max Reality, Century 21, Landmark Reality and Keller Williams Reality. Her motto was, “Everything I touch
turns to SOLD.”

2009, Receiving the Go lden Soror of the Year

Sisterhood, leadership, and community have always been the anchors of Gladys’ life. Since her initiation into the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
she has been an active member for 54 consecutive years, serving in a plethora
of capacities at the local, regional and international levels, including being the
18th Basileus (President) of the Epsilon Gamma Omega Chapter of Huntsville,
Alabama. Gladys was named as her chapter’s Golden Soror of the Year in 2009.
Additionally, she spearheaded and participated in numerous activities, namely: the Debutante Presentation and Ball, Graduate Advisors Council, Charter
Member of the Ivy Foundation, Basilei Council, Constitution and Bylaw Com-