Elise Ann Brandenburger Brown

Background

Brown, Elise Ann Brandenburger was born on December 5, 1928 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Daughter of Oscar Louis and Inez Marie (Peterson) Brandenburger.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, George Washington University, 1949; Master of Science in Biochemistry, George Washington University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, George Washington University, 1956.

Career

Research assistant department pharmacology, George Washington University, Washington, 1948-1950; biochemist radioactivity, United States Department of Agriculture, 1950-1952; assistant professor pharmacology, George Washington University, Washington, 1956-1957; post-doctoral fellow, McCollum-Pratt Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Sinai Hospital, 1957-1959; research pharmacologist laboratory chemical pharmacology, National Institute Heart, Lung, Blood National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland., 1962-1973; research pharmacologist pulmonary branch molecular pharmacology, National Institute Heart, Lung, Blood National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland., 1973-1975; research pharmacologist pulmonary branch molecular pharmacology, National Institute Heart, Lung, Blood National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland., 1975-1979; toxicologist residue evaluation and planning division, Food Safety Inspection Svc., USDA, Washington, since 1979. Chemist Naval Research Laboratory, 1948. Speaker 2d Conference on Current Investigations Dealing with Elasmobranch Biology, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1971, International Symposium on Hexachlorobenzene, Lyon, France, 1985, American College Toxicology, 1986, 1st International Congress on Toxicology in Developing Countries, Buenos Aires, 1987.

Participant Alpha Helix Expedition to B.C., 1974. Food Safety Inspection Svc. representative to Environmental Protection Agency for residue rule making, 1989. Member interagency testing committee Toxic Substances Control Act, Environmental Protection Agency, 1986-1989.

Achievements

• Elise Ann Brandenburger Brown has been listed as a noteworthy Toxicologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Recording secretary Captain John Smith chapter NSDAR, 1967-1969, vice regent, 1969-1971, regent, 1971-1973, registrar, 1976-1977. Active J.F. Cooper Intermediate School Parent-Teachers Association, chairman landscape committee, 1971-1972. Chairperson landscapecom.

McLean Community Center. President Dolly Madison Stamp Club, 1980-1982. Fellow Washington Academy Sciences (secretary 1983-1984), treasurer 1984-1985), Explorers Club.

Member American Chemical Society (chairman by-laws committee Washington 1985, hospitality committee 1985-1987, president 1988, chairman public affairs national division chemical health and safety 1980-1982), Society Toxicology (chapter councilor 1987-1989), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (president 1979-1980, 86-89), American College Toxicology, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, International Society Bio-chemical Pharmacology, Association Government Toxicologists (president 1991-1992), Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, philately, private piloting.

Connections

Married Arthur Brickman Brown, June 14, 1952. Children: Barron, Terrence Leon, Roderick Scott Kjelmyr.

Father:

Oscar Louis Brandenburger

Mother:

Inez Marie (Peterson) Brandenburger

Spouse:

Arthur Brickman Brown

child:

Barron Brown

child:

Roderick Scott Kjelmyr Brown

child:

Terrence Leon Brown