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About The Author, Charles B. Warren "Chuck"

Meet Charles B. Warren "Chuck"

Meet Charles B. Warren "Chuck"

Meet Charles B. Warren "Chuck"

Meet Charles B. Warren "Chuck"

Meet Charles B. Warren "Chuck"

Charles B. Warren "Chuck" is the award-winning author of From Slavery to Community Builder: The Story of Lawrence Bernard Brown and Address Unknown.  Chuck has received numerous awards for his writings and accomplishments as a valued leader and member of his community.  


Chuck was born into a typical middle-class family. Many nights he would entertain his little brothers with the stories he made up...

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Education

United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. 2 Years in the Brigade of Midshipmen.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. University, NC. Master’s Degree in Social Work

United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. 2 Years in the Brigade of Midshipmen.

Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, North Carolina. Bachelor's Degree, Religion.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. University, NC. Master’s Degree in Social Work

United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. 2 Years in the Brigade of Midshipmen.

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Master’s Degree, Criminology & Corrections.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. University, NC. Master’s Degree in Social Work

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. University, NC. Master’s Degree in Social Work

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. University, NC. Master’s Degree in Social Work

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. University, NC. Master’s Degree in Social Work

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. University, NC. Master’s Degree in Social Work

Community & Awards

Community & Awards

Community & Awards

Community & Awards

Community & Awards

Community & Awards

2023 BARTOW MAYOR PRESENTS Charles B. Warren KEY TO THE CITY

Pictured left to right: Charles B. Warren, Bartow Mayor, Steven Githens, & Clifton Lewis.

KEY TO THE CITY OF BARTOW, FLORIDA

Pictured: Key to the City of Bartow, Florida

Charles B. Warren, Steven Githens, Clifton Lewis, & Dr. Cantor Brown

Charles B. Warren & Dr. Cantor Brown

2023 L. B. Brown Champion Award

"For outstanding contribution to the preservation of the legacy of Lawrence B. Brown by spending several years conducting research and writing the book From Slavery to Community Builder: The Story of Lawrence B. Brown."


FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION OF BARTOW, FLORIDA

2008 Royal Palm Literary Awards from Florida Writers Association

Address Unknown: 1st Place Novel Middle-Grade  (UNPUBLISHED)

2010 Royal Palm Literary Awards from Florida Writers Association

Unlikely Heroes: 1st Place Novel Manuscript  (UNPUBLISHED)

Letter from Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

Letter from Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

The DAR Library gratefully acknowledges the following book donation made by Dorioda Gartard, Chapter Historian, through the Bartow Chapter, in honor of Clifton Lewis, Curator of the L. B. Brown house and museum, and recipient of the DAR Medal of Honor.

From Slavery to Community Builder: The Story of Lawrence B. Brown.

March 2022


Sincerely, 
Librarian General, 2019-2020

CHARLES B. WARREN BIOGRAPHY

Chuck's Bio

Chuck was born into a typical middle-class family. He was the second of four siblings. Life in his family was stable and supportive. He shared a bedroom with his two younger brothers and many nights he would entertain them with stories he made up as his tale progressed. Although he was a good student, he remained shy and introverted. Much to the dismay of his older sister who tried unsuccessfully to get him involved in extra-curricular activities, he never participated in any activities at school.    


Chuck has enjoyed various educational and work experiences. He graduated from high school in Jacksonville, Florida in 1959. From there he attended the United States Naval Academy for two years before deciding that a life in the military was not for him. Preferring a small college, he attended a Methodist school, Pfeiffer College (now University), in North Carolina. It was here that he first became involved in extra-curricular activities. (His sister would be proud.) He was a member of their soccer team and a member of several clubs. He graduated in 1963 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Religion. 


He then served the Methodist Church in Montevideo, Uruguay as director of the Casa de la Amistad (Friendship House) for three years. He returned to the United States with a Uruguayan bride. In November of 1966 she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. (He’s still beautiful and has a lovely family including his own beautiful son.) 


Chuck attended Florida State University where he worked towards a Master’s Degree in Criminology and Corrections. Upon completion of his studies, he travelled to New York City where he worked with street gangs as an employee of New York City’s Youth Services Agency. After a few years he switched employment to the New York State Narcotics Control Commission in their Methadone Program. While in New York he and his wife divorced. 


Preferring green grass and trees to concrete, he returned to Florida where he served as the director of a local Job Corps program. This was an experimental program to test the viability of smaller Job Corps projects designed to operate with twenty to thirty youths.


When he left Job Corps, he accepted a position with the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch as a social worker and, in a few years, was transferred to the Florida Sheriffs Girls Villa in Central Florida. He left that position to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he received a Master’s Degree in Social Work. He then returned to the Girls Villa as one of the directors. While at the Girls Villa, he married his current wife, Bernie.  


He left the Villa program to work for the Florida Institute of Neurological Rehabilitation as a case manager and, from there, to Winter Haven Hospital where he worked in their brain injury program as a social worker. Winter Haven hospital was very generous in allowing him to receive training in the Sage-ing program which he continues to facilitate today. (www.sage-ing.org)


He retired from Winter Haven Hospital in 2003 and took up writing novels which had long been of interest to him. His vast experiences, education, and relationships have provided him with stimulating material to draw from. 

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