Background
Brown, Fay was born on November 23, 1881 in Washington C.H., Ohio, United States. Son of Argo A. and Jennie Frances (Cluff) Brown.
Brown, Fay was born on November 23, 1881 in Washington C.H., Ohio, United States. Son of Argo A. and Jennie Frances (Cluff) Brown.
Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1904. Master of Arts, University of Illinois, 1906. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1908.
Post-graduate work University of Illinois, University of Chicago.
Instructor physics, University of Illinois, 1905-1907. Instructor, assistant professor and associate professor physics, State University of Iowa, 1909-1919. Captain and major Ordnance Department United States Army, in charge ballistics and testing airplane bombs, February 1918-August 1919.
Assistant director bureau of Standards, 1919-1923.
Acting director same, January-April 1923, assistant director, 1923-1927. Chief examiner Civil Service Commission, 1927.
Director Museums of the Peaceful Arts, New York, 1927-1932, director of annual science exhibition, 1932-1938. Curator department of physics, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, 1937-1940.
Staff member of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1940-1947.
Member Interdepartmental Committee on Reclassification of Scientific Employees, 1924. Member President's Interdepartmental Patent Committee, 1924-1927. Member National Research Council.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (councillor).
Member Washington Academy Sciences, Philosophical Society Washington, Gamma Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Representative of Department of Commerce on American Engineering Standards Committee.
Mason (Shriner). Clubs: Cosmos (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Dora Davidson, July 14, 1908. Children: Herman Cluff, Barbara Esther, Robert Bruce, Annabel.