Marilyn “Mitzi” Rice Bray ’53

Marilyn “Mitzi” Rice Bray ’53, of Walnut Creek, Calif.; Jun. 19. While at Brown, she met George Bray ’53 but would go on to attend nursing school at Yale and marry William McClanahan. She lived in France for two years and started a family with William. Upon returning to the U.S. and settling in California, she divorced, earned two graduate degrees, and became head of the Los Angeles High Blood Pressure Council. She attended her 25th Brown reunion and reconnected with George Bray, and they were married in 1982. In 1989, they moved to Baton Rouge for work at Pennington Biomedical Research Center of LSU and she played a major role in community activities that included organizing the Pennington docents. After 10 years they returned to California to be closer to family. She is survived by her husband, George; five children; and 13 grandchildren.