Background
Brown, Frederick Calvin was born on July 6, 1924 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Fred Charles and Rose (Mueller) Brown.
Brown, Frederick Calvin was born on July 6, 1924 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Fred Charles and Rose (Mueller) Brown.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1945. Master of Science, Harvard University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1950.
Physicist Systems Research Laboratory, Harvard (National Defense Research Committee), 1945-1946. Staff physicist Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1950. Physicist Applied Physics Laboratory, University Washington, 1950-1951.
Assistant professor Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1951-1955, University Illinois, Urbana, 1955-1958, associate professor, 1958-1961, professor, 1961-1987, professor emeritus, since 1987. Associate Center for Advanced Study, 1969-1970. Principal scientist, area manager Xerox Palo Alto (California) Research Center, 1973-1974.
Professor physics University Washington, Seattle, 1987-1999, professor emeritus, since 1999. Retired, 2000
Visiting member St. Johns College, Oxford, England, 1964-1965. Consultant professor, applied physics department Stanford University, 1973-1974.
Fellow American Physical Society.
Married Joan Schauble, August 9, 1952 (deceased March 2003). Children: Susan, Gail, Derek.