Father, friend, educator

Board of Trustees President Kenneth Brown dies at 54

Coach Mike Jacobson, who succeeded Britton as coach, took over the men’s soccer program in 2018.

Jacobson knew Britton long before he took the head coaching position, recruiting Britton’s players into CSU Los Angeles and later working alongside him on the coaching staff of El Camino’s soccer team.

Funny

and caring, that’s what comes to mind when Kenneth Brown II thinks of his father.

“He was really caring about his family, his friends, his classmates, the people he taught and mentored over the years,” he said. “I think that’s what was the essence of my father’s being.”

President of the Board of Trustees

Kenneth Alan Brown died unexpectedly on March 23, he was 54 years old.

El Camino College President Brenda Thames said Brown’s death was profound and would be felt throughout the state and nation.

Born on Aug. 31, 1968, Brown grew up in the city of Carson.

He attended the historically Black Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where he obtained a bachelor’s in computer science and physics. Brown stayed close to his Morehouse roots.

Brown later earned his master’s in applied physics from Clark Atlanta University.

He met Karla Harness after college. The couple married in Holman United Methodist Church, the same church Brown grew up in. They were married for almost 25 years.

The couple had two sons, Kenneth II and Kaleb.

Muslim students to host Eid al-Fitr prayer

Muslim Student Association expects 3,500 people to show up at Murdock Stadium

Nindiya Maheswari @nindiyamaheswa1

Muslim students at El Camino College observe Ramadan by fasting from sunrise to sunset and getting closer to their faith.

To mark the end of Ramadan, the El Camino Muslim Student

Association will host the Eid alFitr prayer on Friday, April 21 from 7 to 9 a.m. at Murdock Stadium.

Muslim Student Association

Public Relations Sabrina Rashiq said Ramadan is a sacred month in Islam and a time for Muslims to reclaim their identity, become closer to God and be better people.

Before the start of Ramadan, Rashiq tells her professors she is going to fast, but doesn’t expect any special treatment.

“I just want them to consider that I am fasting. And at times of exams where it’s right after

I’m breaking my fast if I’m a little late, they should understand,” Rashiq said. “It’s just Muslims are a minority at El Camino and sometimes it just feels like we’re being treated like that.”

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“Salt of the earth. That’s what this man was,” Jacobson said. “He was just the most kindhearted, unbelievably funny, caring person and just a perfect coach, instructor at a junior college level.”

Administrative assistant Linda Olsen knew Britton for 25 years, being the first fulltime faculty member that she touched base with at El Camino.

As a close friend of Britton, Olsen described him as a “very outgoing person” and as someone who “never had a bad thing to say.”

Olsen emphasized: “He just had a colorful background.”

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