James Brown

April 26, 1906 (age 89)

Jamestown, North Dakota , United States

After graduating from high school, he went to sea as a chief radio operator and later worked as a disc jockey at radio stations KFOX and KGER. He earned a degree in engineering from University of California, Los Angeles and was chief engineer at KFAC and KGER. In 1937 he became master control supervisor for National Broadcasting Company. During World World War II he was a Navy lieutenant assigned to airborne radar design, working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other laboratories. After earning a degree from Southwestern University School of Law, he was both president of and attorney for the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians. He was vice chair of the California Democratic Party, 1948-1958. He was a Congregationalist. Brown died July 10, 1995, at the age of 89 in Glendale, California. Cause of death was given as heart failure. Interment was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. A "conservative Democrat," Brown ran unsuccessfully for seats in the State Assembly and the United States. House of Representatives. City Council.

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Brown was born on April 26, 1906, in Jamestown, North Dakota.

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After graduating from high school, he went to sea as a chief radio operator and later worked as a disc jockey at radio stations KFOX and KGER. He earned a degree in engineering from University of California, Los Angeles and was chief engineer at KFAC and KGER. In 1937 he became master control supervisor for National Broadcasting Company. During World World War II he was a Navy lieutenant assigned to airborne radar design, working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other laboratories. After earning a degree from Southwestern University School of Law, he was both president of and attorney for the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians. He was vice chair of the California Democratic Party, 1948-1958.

He was a Congregationalist.

Brown died July 10, 1995, at the age of 89 in Glendale, California. Cause of death was given as heart failure.

Interment was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. A "conservative Democrat," Brown ran unsuccessfully for seats in the State Assembly and the United States. House of Representatives.

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