Browne, Evelyn

Evelyn Browne joined the University of New Hampshire faculty in 1943 as an instructor in women's physical education. During her tenur she established the University's riding program, coached riflery and basketball, and in 1955, she began teaching the first outdoor education courses at UNH. Her love of the outdoors led her in 1973 to become on of the leaders of Save Our Shores, which stopped a massive oil refinery proposed by shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. In 1987, she donated six acres of forest land on Durham Point to be used for an outdoor education center, which is now known as The Browne Center. She died in 1994.