Background
Brown, Helen Bennett was born on October 6, 1902 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of John Lansingh and Susan Jessie (Bronson) Bennett.
Brown, Helen Bennett was born on October 6, 1902 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of John Lansingh and Susan Jessie (Bronson) Bennett.
Bachelor, Mount Holyoke College, 1924; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1930; Doctor of Science (honorary), Mount Holyoke College, 1974.
Technician department pediatrics, Grace Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, 1924-1927; research assistant department physiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1927-1928; research associate department pediatrics, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1928-1931; research associate, Ben Venue laboratories, Cleveland, 1944-1948; staff research division, Cleveland Clinic, 1948-1968; director dietary research, Cleveland Clinic, 1958-1968; resident emeritus staff in research, Cleveland Clinic, 1968-1995. Consultant American Heart Association, Dallas, 1968-1977, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, 1968-1982, American Medical Association, Chicago, 1982-1983, Blue Shield Senior Advisory Committee, Cleveland, 1983-1994.
President Nutrition for Greater Cleveland, 1979-1984. Member ministry on aging Ohio Episcopal Diocese, Cleveland, 1986-1990. Consultant Judson Retirement Community, Cleveland, 1984-1995.
Fellow Council on Atheriosclerosis, Council on Epidemiology. Member American Institute Nutrition, American Dietetic Association (honorary member), American Heart Association, NEO Affiliate, Sigma Xi.
Married John James Brown, June 16, 1928 (divorced January 1977). Children: Susan Jessica Brown Girardeau, Margaret Bronson Brown Bevington.