Background
Brown, Arnold Lanehart was born on January 26, 1926 in Wooster, Ohio, United States. Son of Arnold Lanehart and Wilda (Woods) Brown.
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Arnold Lanehart Brown
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Education
Student, University Richmond, 1943-1945; Doctor of Medicine Medical College Virginia, 1949.
Career
Intern, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 1949-1950;
resident, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, 1950-1951, 53-56;
assistant attending pathologist, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, 1957-1959;
practice medicine specializing in pathology, Rochester, Minnesota, 1959-1978;
consultant experimental pathology, anatomy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, 1959-1978;
also professor, department chairman, Mayo Clinic, 1968-1978;
professor pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1978;
dean Medical School, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1978-1991. Member of national cancer advisory council National Institutes of Health, 1971-1974, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1972-1974. Chairman clearing house on environmental carcinogens National Cancer Institute, 1976-1980, Chairman of Commission to study carcinogenicity of cyclamate, 1975-1976.
Member National Committee onHeart Disease, Cancer and Stroke, 1975-1979. Member commission on safe drinking water National Research Council, 1976-1977. Member award assembly General Motors Cancer ResearchFound., 1978-1983, vice chairman, 1982-1983.
Co-chairman panel on geochemistryof fibrous materials related to health risks National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, 1978-1980. Chair working group International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, 1979, 83, 87.
Achievements
Membership
Board science counselors National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health National Toxicology Program, since 1992. With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945, 51-53. Member American Society Experimental Pathology, International Academy Pathology, Association American Medical Colls.
(chairman council deans 1984-1985).
Connections
Married Betty Jane Simpson, October 2, 1949. Children— Arnold III, Anthony, Allen, Fletcher, Lisa.
