Background
Brown, Donald Nelson was born on February 1, 1937 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Son of Kenneth Vernon and Audrey Lucille (Nelson) Brown.
Brown, Donald Nelson was born on February 1, 1937 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Son of Kenneth Vernon and Audrey Lucille (Nelson) Brown.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1959. Master of Arts, University Arizona, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Arizona, 1973.
Assistant curator, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1960-1963; faculty, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1968-1971; professor anthropology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, since 1971; professor, Oklahoma State University, Kyoto, 1993-1994. Director ethnic heritage project Oklahoma State University, 1980-1981. Director Native Am.Manpower Training Project, Oklahoma State University, 1976-1978.
Board of directors Otoe-Missouria Economics Development Commission, Redrock, Oklahoma, since 1988. Consultant Cultural Diversity Task Force, Department Commerce, Oklahoma, 1987-1988. Member Oklahoma Historic Preservation Review Committee, since 1990.
Fellow American Anthropol. Association Society Applied Anthropology. Member Society for Ethnomusicology, Society for Visual Anthropology, Council for Museum Anthropology, American Society Ethnohistory, Society for American Archaeology.
Married Lynda Diane Cray, April 2, 1962. Children: Stephen Anthony, Natalie Anne.