Diane Robinson Brown

Background

Brown, Diane Robinson was born on August 11, 1944 in Newark. Daughter of Eugene Jasper and Mary Rochelle (Davis) Robinson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Indiana U., l966; Master of Arts in Sociology, U. Massachusetts, l968; Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, U. Maryland., l984; postgraduate, Johns Hopkins University, l984-86.

Career

Programmer, Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, 1967; system engineer, International Business Machines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968-1970; information coordinator, Community Development Adminstrs., Newark, 1970-1972; staff associate, Massachusetts State College System, Boston, 1972-1975; research associate, Institute for Urban Affairs and Research, Washington, 1975-1979; senior research associate, Institute for Urban Affairs and Research, Washington, 1979-1986; acting director, Institute for Urban Affairs and Research, Washington, 1986-1987; director research, Institute for Urban Affairs and Research, Washington, 1987-1990; associate professor, Howard U., Washington, 1990-1993; associate director, Center for Urban Studies/Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1993. Grants associate National Institutes of Health, 1991-1993.

Achievements

• Diane Robinson Brown has been listed as a noteworthy Sociology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Association Social and Behavioral Scientists (Executive Committee l987-), American Public Health Association (county mental health section l987-), District of Columbia Sociological Society(Executive Committee l987-).

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, gardening.

Connections

Married Lafayette Brown, Junior, July 29, 1972 (divorced 1979). Married Arthur D. Rogers, November 25, 1987.

Father:

Eugene Jasper Robinson

Mother:

Mary Rochelle (Davis) Robinson

Spouse:

Arthur D. Rogers

Spouse:

Lafayette Brown