British academic administrator
For the American actor of the same name, see
Wally Brown .
Wally Brown , CBE DL was Principal of Liverpool Community College from its creation in 1992 until his retirement in 2008.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Born in Toxteth , Liverpool , Brown was previously Head of Community Education in Lambeth , and an adult education manager in Manchester .
At the time of the Toxteth riots , in 1981, Brown was living locally, was Chair of the Community Relations Council, and acted as a mediator between the police and the local community.[ 4] [ 5]
Brown was appointed CBE in 2001.[ 2] In 2012, he was made a Freeman of the City of Liverpool for his services to education in the city [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] and in 2014 he was made an Honorary Doctor of Education by Edge Hill University .[ 9] In 2015 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside .[ 10] In 2023 Brown published Wally Brown: A Life - Born and Raised in Liverpool 8, with a foreword by Professor Stephen Small (UC Berkeley ) with Writing on the Wall .[ 11]
^ Learning and Skills Improvement Service, "LSIS Board" . Retrieved 12 July 2011.
^ a b Liverpool Echo "Community leader steps down" Retrieved 13 July 2011
^ TES "Venerated college leader steps down" Retrieved 13 July 2011
^ BBC Motion Gallery "Wally Brown, 1981" Retrieved 13 July 2011
^ BBC News "Toxteth riots remembered" Retrieved 13 July 2011
^ Freemen of the City , Liverpool City Council, retrieved 11 June 2014
^ "Toxteth icon Wally Brown receives Freedom of Liverpool" , Liverpool Echo , Trinity Mirror Merseyside, 17 August 2012, retrieved 11 July 2014
^ "City freedom for Toxteth riots 'mediator' Wally Brown" , BBC News , 16 August 2012, retrieved 11 June 2014
^ Edge Hill University News "Liverpool community leader receives honorary doctorate" Retrieved 11 August 2016
^ The Merseyside Lieutenancy "New Deputy Lieutenants commissioned" Retrieved 11 August 2016
^ Brown, Wally (18 May 2023). "Wally Brown: A Life" . Writing on the Wall .