Kenneth Rent Brown

Background

Brown, Kenneth Rent was born on July 30, 1896 in Pendleton, Indiana, United States. Son of Calvin Fletcher and Mary (Rent) Brown.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1918.

Career

Richard Calvin. Robert Winfield. Chemist Atlas Powder Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1918-1926, assistant director Reynolds experimental laboratory, 1926-1928, acting director, 1928-1930. director research laboratory, 1930-1940, director research department, 1940-1951, member board, 1947, vice president, Atlas Powder Company, since 1951.

Achievements

• Kenneth Rent Brown has been listed as a noteworthy chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society (councilor, 1935). American Institute Chemical Engineers, American Institute Chemists, Society Chemical Industry, Electro Chemical Society, American Society Testing Materials, American Association Economics Entomologists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Psi. Clubs: New York Chemists.

Connections

Married Rae A. Horrobin, August 21, 1920. Children: Kenneth Horrobin.

Father:

Calvin Fletcher Brown

Mother:

Mary (Rent) Brown

Spouse:

Rae A. Horrobin

child:

Kenneth Horrobin Brown