Anthony Hall Browne

Anthony Hall Browne passed away peacefully at home in Santa Barbara, California, surrounded by family, on December 18. He was 83. Tony grew up one of four brothers in Madison, New Jersey. His father, Howard S. Browne, was a stock broker who rose from modest beginnings to a storied career on Wall Street; his mother, Katherine Hall Browne, was a devoted homemaker. Tony graduated from Madison High School in 1959, where he lettered in both football and track, and was voted Senior Class President. He was the first in his family to attend college, receiving both a BA and an MBA from Harvard. In 1970, he left the East Coast for Southern California and a life full of adventures, including a prominent career in finance as a founding partner of Roxbury Capital Management, two happy marriages, and a few broken bones. Tony was a skier, a fly-fisherman, a golfer, a tennis player, and a competitive sailor. His favorite way to see the world was from the back of a motorcycle. But most of all Tony loved his kids. He had six of them in all from his two marriages: Michael, Alix, and Douglas; and Alex, Colin and Katie. They were all by his side in the week leading up to his death. Tony is additionally survived by a brother, William Browne; his two ex-wives, Robin Enders Browne and Gay Kenney Browne; nine grandchildren; and numerous friends and relatives who appreciated and adored him for his generous spirit, his stoicism, and his boundless humor. He was quite simply a terrific guy.