Background
Brown, Donald Robert was born on March 5, 1925 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of J. Edward and Natile (Rosenberg) Brown.
Brown, Donald Robert was born on March 5, 1925 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of J. Edward and Natile (Rosenberg) Brown.
AB, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1951.
Member faculty, Bryn Mawr College, 1951-1964;
professor psychology, Bryn Mawr College, since 1963. Senior research consultant Mellon Foundation, Vassar College, 1953-1963. Part-time visiting professor Swarthmore College, University of Pennsylvania, also University of California-Berkeley, 1953-1961.
Fellow Center Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, 1960-1961. Professor psychology, senior research scientist, director Center Research Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan, since 1964. Consultant Peace Corps, 1965-1971.
Honorary research fellow University College, London, 1970-1971. Fulbright senior research fellow Max Planck Institute, Berlin, 1982. Netherlands Basic Science fellow, Leyden, 1983.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Psychological Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Member Society Psychological Study of Social Issues, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi, Psi Chi.
Married June Gole, August 14, 1945. Children: Peter Douglas, Thomas Matthew, Jacob Noah.