daily nebraskan
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thursday, decern ber 7, 1978
Arlyss Brown . .
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"When I had to have a picture done by a certain time,
in a certain way, it ruined all the interest I had in wanting
to do this as a profession. It took the joy out of it,"
Brown said.
She began taking other classes and discovered a natural
interest in law and speech, Brown said. She did not know
what to do with her degrees after graduation until one of
the deans suggested she apply for law scholarships.
Few women in law
Both Creighton University and the University of
Nebraska offered her scholarships and Brown decided to
go with NU. She noted that few women were in law
school at that time.
"Our freshman class had the largest enrollment ever at
that time (1950s) and that was six," she recalled.
The group tried to keep a legal sorority, counterpart to
the men's fraternity, active on campus. Lack of numbers
and meetings made it hard to do.
"Every time we met we had to stop and think what the
name of the chapter was no one could remember it,"
Brown said, smiling.
She married between her junior and senior year in law
school, but the marriage lasted only two years.
Traumatic realization
"It was traumatic," Brown remembered. "I had always
said there was no reason two people can't work out a re
lationship. The failure of knowing that I couldn't live up
to my ideal hurt badly."
Brown graduated in 1959 and practiced law in Minne
sota for a year. After returning to Omaha, she took a re
fresher course at Creighton and found a job with the
Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha.
After three years, a change in management cut down
the promotion rate and Brown began looking for another
job.
"I really felt when I was told that promotion would
be forthcoming, I should have gotten it," Brovh
explained. "I told them I'd be looking around."
Resume gets job
Ralph Nelson, then Lincoln city attorney, discovered
Brown was looking for work and offered her a job "simply
on the basis of my resume," Brown noted.
She worked for the city three years. During that time
Schwartzkopf . . .
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His business partner is David Breslow. Breslow,
Sclwartzkopf and their wives each own one-quarter of
S & B Corporation.
Schwartzkopf owns 191 acres of land zoned for agri
culture near NW 12th Street and Old Cheney Road. He
owns 17 acres of light industrial land near 1st and South
streets, and 110 acres of industrial land along the railroad
tracks near West A Street. Seventy acres of his A Street
land are zoned for agriculture. These were the only land
sure statement.
Stockholder
Schwartzkopf said his land holdings and his effort to
have land near railroad property all zoned industrial were
questioned when he, his brother, former Lincoln Mayor
Sam Schwartzkopf and Breslow all held official positions.
But, he said, the land was purchased in 1965, before he
was elected regent, and was zoned before his brother was
mayor.
Schwartzkopf holds stocks in First National Bank of
Lincoln, Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph, the West
gate Bank of Lincoln, Citicorp of New York, American
General Insurance Co., Beatrice Foods Co., Caterpillar
Tractor, Conagra and Gulf Oil, according to the dis
closure statement.
Schwartzkopf said that one thing seldom brought out
in reports about the regents is the fact that the regents are
individuals who act and decide individually and not as a
body.
she discovered a co-worker was an old classmate and
friend, Vince Brown, now executive director of the Ne
braska Petroleum Council. They were married in 1965.
Brown said she never really considered her husband as
more than a friend in school because she was engaged at
the time.
"He always teases me now that 1 was too stuck up and
I tell him he was scared of me," Brown said, laughing. "I
think the truth of the matter was that we were both so
busy in law school we didn't have time to fool around."
Switches jobs
Brown then switched to Woodmen Accident and Life
Co. where she stayed for nearly 11 years. Much of the
time she worked with Bob Sim, vice president of real
estate.
Sim said Brown did an excellent job at Woodmen Ac:
cident and Life.
"She did her homework well and was not rigid in her
thoughts," he said. "She knows that there is more than
one way to skin a cat."
"In the past, several people (attorneys) haven't always
been fully informed. They shot from the hip," he con
tinued. "You won't find Arlyss doing that."
Brown resigned from Woodmen Accident and Life
last June to spend more time with her children, Jeff, 10,
and Julie, 7. She noted that although the council job will
take time, she still will have enough time at home.
Neighborhood group organized
Brown said she participated in many civic activities.
She organized the Old Cheney Road Homeowners Associ
ation, a neighborhood group which monitors zoning
changes in the area. The group formed to prevent large
shopping malls and other non-residential buildings
from going up in the area.
"We try to oppose things which are not good for the
area," Brown said. "All we needed was organization and
I'm good at that."
"Arlyss has always been willing to help," said John
Ragsdale, association president. "I respect and admire
her-she has a good, quick mind."
Ragsdale said he first met Brown at Woodmen
Accident and Life where they were both employed. They
worked together for about a year.
"I feel Lincoln is very fortunate to have her serve,"
Ragsdale said. "I think Arlyss will devote a lot of atten
tion to the issues and put a lot of thought into her deliber
ations and decisions."
Brown also has been active in the First Evangelical
Covenant Church. Minister Ralph Sturdy said she has been
involved with Sunday and nursery school, as well as being
secretary of the church board for two years.
"She's an excellent communicator, well prepared and
does a find job leading discussion," Sturdy said. "She
speaks her convictions although they're not always the
most popular with all present."
Much of Brown's faith stems from her experiences with
rheumatic fever and her divorce, she said.
Prays for guidance
"I really believe we all have a purpose in life," she
said. "God gives us a purpose. I pray about it and ask for
guidance because I believe He'll lead me where I should
go."
She added that she prayed often to decide what to do.
Accepting the nomination to city councilwoman was one
of those decisions.
"I was reluctant and didn't know if I should do that.
I'd just quit my job to be home with the children," Brown
said. "After more people kept asking me, though, I began
to wonder if maybe it wasn't God leading me."
Brown's goals on the City Council reflect problems she
has already been fighting. She said she hoped to straighten
out zoning problems, aid in making a comprehensive
building plan and improve transportation.
Homeowners should know
"It seems to be to be a very elementary thing to plan
for it (zoning and streets) so that when people start
moving in they know where that major highway is going
to be," Brown said.
Although she is still "doing her homework" for this
year's council seat, which she assumed Nov. 20, Brown
intends to run for re-election next spring.
"I decided it wouldn't really be fair to accept the ap
pointment if I weren't willing to run," Brown explained.
"It should be someone who's going to take advantage of
the opportunity to gain experience and then use it."
He is troubled by statements that the board is a rubber
stamp body, he said.
No booze
He has been described as the regent who is most re
sponsive to students and he concedes that he has more
student constituents than other regents.
He has also been described as "pro-administration,"
but he says he only gives his support to administration
members who are doing their job and are working with
the regents.
"If administrators are not doing their job. . .they may
is well pack their suitcases," he said.
Schwartzkopf has been steadfast in his opposition to
alcohol on campus. He explained that if the university is
to be consistent with its goal of promoting law abiding be
havior, alcohol cannot be allowed on campus because of
the number of minors living on campus.
"And I don't believe it would contribute to the
quality of education," he said. "I think most students al
ready know how to drink by the time they get here."
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