(Return to Library Index) from "Who's Who in American Science"
Born:
Zanesville, Ohio, March 18, 1905.Died:
Avalon, Catalina Island, California, October 22, 1985.Parents:
Lewis K. and Mary (Townsend) Brown.Education:
1922-23 - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. 1923-24 - Kenyon College. 1924-25 - Denison University, Granville, Ohio. 1941 - Baldwin College.Married: September 8, 1927
Josephine Alberta BealeChildren:
Joseph Townsend Linda AnnWork Experience:
1924-25: Lab assistant electronics research department physics, Denison University, Granville, Ohio. 1926-30: Member staff astrophysics research lab, Swazey Observatory, Granville, Ohio. 1930-33: Jr. Physicist radiation and spectroscopy Naval Research Lab, Washington.1932: Staff physicist Navy-Princeton Gravity Expedition, W.I., Navy Dept. 1933: Physicist Johnson-Smithsonian deep sea expedition, Smithsonian.1933-43: U.S. Dept. of Navy. Served to Lt. Commander USNR.1934: State erosion engineer Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Columbus, Ohio. 1934-35: Asst. administrator relief Ohio, Director Federal Student Aid, Director Selection CCC, Ohio. 1936-37: Research cosmic radiation observations Townsend Brown Foundation, Zanesville, Ohio, Laguna Beach, California. 1939-40: Material and process engineer Glenn L. Martin Co., Baltimore. MD. 1940-41: Officer in charge of magnetic and acoustic minesweeping research and development. Bureau of Ships, Navy Dept., Washington.1944-45: Radar consultant advanced design section, Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, California. 1948-52: Individual research biophysics, plant growth Island Kauai, Hawaii. 1950: Consulting physicist Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Honolulu. 1954: Consultant Clevite-Brush Electronics Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 1955-56: Cons. physicist Socie'te' Nationale Construction Aeronautique, Paris, France. 1957-58: Chief cons. research and development, Whitehall-Rand project, Bahnson Co., Winston-Salem, N.C. 1958-74: President RAND International, Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas. 1974-82: Energy Resources Group. Ltd., Honolulu.
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