Cornelius Payne Browne

Background

Browne, Cornelius Payne was born on October 30, 1923 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Frederick Lincoln and Vera (Payne) Browne.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1951.

Career

Research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1951-1956; professor physics, U. Notre Dame, Indiana, since 1956; consultant, Argonne National Laboratory, 1961-1966; consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1963-1966; visiting professor, University Texas, Austin, 1972; visiting professor, University of Wisconsin, summers 1959-1961; program officer for nuclear physics, National Science Foundation, 1980-1981. Chairman manpower subcommittee National Science Foundation-Department Energy Nuclear science Advisory Committee, 1984-1987.

Achievements

• Cornelius Payne Browne has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chapter member Episcopalian Church, 1968-1970, 74, member vestry, 1991-1993. Fellow American Physical Society (division nuclear physics program committee 1972-1973, nominating committee 1973-1974). Member American Association Physics Teachers, Eagle Lake Yacht Club (board directors 1968-1970, 73-76, commodore 1974-1975), Sigma Xi (pres.chpt.

1969-1970), Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi.

Connections

Married Cynthia Cochrane, July 6, 1957 (deceased 1990). Children: Margaret, Cornelius.

Father:

Frederick Lincoln Browne

Mother:

Vera (Payne) Browne

Spouse:

Cynthia Cochrane

child:

Margaret Browne

child:

Cornelius Browne