Keith Spalding Brown

Background

Brown, Keith Spalding was born on October 1, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Keith Spalding and Katherine (McLennan) Brown. arrived in Brazil, 1964.

Education

Bachelor of Science, California Institute Technology, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1962; Livre Docencia, U. Estadual Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, 1979.

Career

Research assistant, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, New Jersey, summer 1959; teaching assistant, Woodrow Wilson and National Science Foundation fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1959-1962; postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1963; professor postgraduate courses, U. Brazil/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 1964-1973; livre-docente professor, U. Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, since 1974. Visiting professor Cornell Univercity, Ithaca New York, 1979-1980. Field researcher Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 1980-1995.

President, representative in Brazil KMB Charitable Foundation, Chicago, 1983-1998. Visiting researcher Allyn Museum Entomology, Sarasota, Florida, 1992-1993. Consultant, invited speaker, vice-chair of Lepidoptera, Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland, 1988-1997.

Principal advisor for 20 masters and 7 doctor's theses.

Achievements

• Keith Spalding Brown has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry and ecology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Society Chemical Ecology (member county 1984-1990), Lepidopterists Society (county committees, vice president 1972, Karl Jordan award 1980), Society Conservation Biology.

Interests

• Avocations: singing, discovery travel, hiking, bird watching, reading, animal breeding.

Connections

Married Kay Fowell; children: Eric Nelson, Julia McLennan Petty, George Gardner, Elizabeth BrownVallim Brisola.

Father:

Keith Spalding Brown

Mother:

Katherine (McLennan) Brown

Spouse:

Kay Fowell

child:

Elizabeth BrownVallim Brisola Brown

child:

George Gardner Brown

child:

Julia McLennan Petty Brown

child:

Eric Nelson Brown