James Andrew Brown

Background

Brown, James Andrew was born on August 19, 1914 in Columbia, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles Allen and Martha (Crawford) Brown.

Education

Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1936. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941.

Career

Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1936; advanced through grades to rear admiral, United States Navy, 1963; junior officer in, United States Ship West Virginia, 1936-1938; assistant hull superintendent charge new construction, Boston Naval Shipyard, 1942-1945; member of staff, Commander Service Force Pacific, 1945-1947; with, Bureau Ships, Department Navy, 1947-1950; project officer destroyer types, Bureau Ships, Department Navy, 1950-1951; head hull design, Bureau Ships, Department Navy, 1955-1959; assistant chief design, shipbuilding and fleet maintenance, Bureau Ships, Department Navy, 1963-1965; professor naval architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1951-1954; commanding officer ship repair facility, Subic Bay, P.I., 1954-1955; planning officer, New York Naval Shipyard, 1959; production officer, New York Naval Shipyard, 1959-1961; supervisor shipbuilding, United States Navy, Camden, New Jersey, 1961-1963; commander, Norfolk Naval Shipyard also supervisor shipbuilding, 5th Naval District, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1965-1970; retired, 1970; production manager, J.L. Smith Construction Company, Portsmouth, 1970-1977; president, CDI Marine of Virginia, 1978-1981; manager, Hampton (Virginia) Office, 1979-1980; senior engineer, quod erat demonstrandum Systems Inc., 1981-1987; chief engineer shipsystems group, quod erat demonstrandum Systems Inc., 1987-1990.

Achievements

• James Andrew Brown has been listed as a notable Naval architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Tidewater Federal Executive Agency, 1968. Executive board Inter Agency Board Examiners Civil Service for Virginia, 1968-1970. Member Supplemental Fire and Police Retirement Board, City of Portsmouth, 1978-1986, chairman, 1980-1986.

Board directors Portsmouth Community Action, 1969-1970, 78-79. Member Panel Special Advisers Auditor General United States of America, 1972, citizen advisory committee transit development study Southeastern Virginia Planning District Commission. Commissioner Tidewater Transit District Commission, 1978-1986.

Board directors Portsmouth United Fund, 1965-1977. Coordinator for volunteer tutors, Portsmouth School Board, 1991-1992. Member American Society Naval Engineers (council 1959), Naval Institute, Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (council 1968-1969, chairman Chesapeake section 1959, chairman Hampton Rds. section 1969-1970, vice president 1969-1970), American Philatelic Society, World Affairs Council Greater Hampton Rds.

(vice president 1969-1970, president 1971, 72), English Speaking Union, Portsmouth History Society (honorary, director since 1977, 1st vice president since 1987), Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (chairman urban affairs committee, vice president for urban affairs 1972-1973, chairman committee highways and mass transit 1974-1975, 76-78, board directors 1971-1973, 79-82), Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (military affairs committee 1970-1995, transportation committee 1983-1987), Navy League, Portsmouth Executives Club (board directors 1975-1976, 78-79, 79-82, 83-87, member ship structure committee 1963-1965, chairman subcommittee 1955-1959, 87-88), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Frances Adelaide Jones, June 7, 1941 (deceased). Children: James Andrew, Martha Janet. Married Mary Julia Hargroves Greene, February 16, 1973.

Father:

Charles Allen Brown

Mother:

Martha (Crawford) Brown

Spouse:

Frances Adelaide Jones

Spouse:

Mary Julia Hargroves Greene

child:

James Andrew Brown

child:

Martha Janet Brown