John M. Brown

Background

Brown, John M. was born on November 25, 1924 in Sproul, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Brown.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University, 1949.

Career

Management trainee, Pennsylvania Gas Company, Erie, 1949-1953; foreman, district engineer, Warren, Pennsylvania, 1953-1955; assistant superintendent, 1955-1964; chief engineer, 1964-1966; vice president, 1966-1967; senior vice president, 1967-1972; president, 1972-1974; executive vice president, National Fuel Gas Distribution, Buffalo, New York, 1974; president, National Fuel Gas Distribution, Buffalo, 1978; president, chief Executive officer, National Fuel Gas Distribution, Buffalo, since 1979; senior vice president, National Fuel Gas Company, Buffalo, 1974-1976; executive vice president, National Fuel Gas Company, Buffalo, 1976; vice president, Seneca Resources Corporation, Buffalo, 1976-1977; senior vice president, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, Buffalo, 1977-1978; executive vice president, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, Buffalo, 1978; vice president, Penn-York Energy Corporation, Buffalo, 1978-1979. Board directors New York State Committee for Jobs and Energy Independence, New York City, 1st National Bank Pennsylvania, Erie, Erie County Industrial Development Corporation, Buffalo.

Achievements

• John M. Brown has been listed as a noteworthy gas company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-chairman Buffalo-Erie County Labor-Management Council, since 1984. Board directors Blue Cross We. New York, Buffalo, since 1982.

With United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Member American Gas Association, Pennsylvania Gas Association (board directors), National Association of Manufacturers (energy committee), New York Gas Group (executive committee), Onsite Fuel Cell Users Group (board directors). Clubs: Buffalo; Orchard Park Country (New York ).

Interests

• Avocations: golf, reading.

Connections

Married Wanda D. Brown, June 4, 1949. Children: Linda JoAnn Brown Anderson, Patricia Annual.

Father:

John Brown Brown

Spouse:

Wanda D. Brown

child:

Linda JoAnn Brown Anderson Brown

child:

Patricia Annual Brown