Byron William Brown

Background

Brown, Byron William was born on April 21, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Byron William and Ruth (Munson) Brown.

Education

Bachelor in Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 1952; Master of Science in Statistics, University of Minnesota, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Biostats., University of Minnesota, 1959.

Career

Assistant professor biostatistics, Medical School Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1956-1957; from lecturer to professor School Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1957-1965; professor, head biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1965-1968; professor, head division, Stanford (California) U., 1968-1998; department chairman health research and policy, Stanford (California) U., 1988-1996; professor emeritus, Stanford (California) U., since 1998. Consultant government and industry.

Achievements

• Byron William Brown has been listed as a noteworthy Biostatistician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Air Force, 1949. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association (section president, associate editor Journal), American Heart Association. Member Institute Medicine (elected), Biometrics Society (president Western North America region 1978), Institute Mathematics Statistics, Society for Clinical Trials(president 1988), International Statistics Institute (elected), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Janet Louise Hyde, July 30,1949. Children: Byron William III, Eric Paul, Alan Thomas, MadeleineMcGill, Mark Andrew, Lisa Anne.

Father:

Byron William Brown

Mother:

Ruth (Munson) Brown

Spouse:

Janet Louise Hyde

child:

MadeleineMcGill Brown

child:

Eric Paul Brown

child:

Alan Thomas Brown

child:

Mark Andrew Brown

child:

Lisa Anne Brown

child:

Byron William III Brown