[2] After graduating from Dixie M. Hollins High School in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1968, Brown enrolled in the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

In 1986, Brown received the Master of Business Administration degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He then received a master's degree in national security and strategic studies when he graduated from the Naval War College in 1994.

He coauthored with Harry Benford of the University of Michigan a book entitled Ship Replacement and Prediction of Economic Life.

This article incorporates public domain material from Rear Admiral Erroll Brown.