The Grace Marie Hudson Brown Memorial Patient Care Fund is more than a pathway for supporters of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine to aid patient care — it’s also an act of love through service.

The endowed fund was created by Dr. Benjamin Brown, a longtime North Carolina endodontist, to honor his late wife — they were married for 61 years — and to support oral health care for patients of the school’s offices and community service learning centers across North Carolina.

“I wanted to honor her in a way that carries her name, while supporting the school and its mission to provide care for people across the state and producing new dentists who are also from North Carolina,” Brown said.

Following a decades-long career in dentistry, Brown is proud that many members of his family have followed his career path, making their own mark in the profession and helping countless patients reveal their brightest, healthiest smiles. His granddaughter, Lucy Anna Sheaffer, just began her second year at the ECU School of Dental Medicine.

Read more about the Sheaffer family and their hope for the endowed Grace Marie Hudson Brown Memorial Patient Care Fund here.

You can support the fund here.