Background
Browne, Michael Leon was born on September 2, 1946 in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Son of Ernest Jewell and Marjorie Jane (Heisig) Browne.
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Michael Leon Browne
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AB, Princeton University, 1968; Juris Doctor, University of Pennsylvania, 1974.
Career
Law clerk to presiding justice, United States District Court (eastern district) Pennsylvania, 1974; associate, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Levy & Coleman, Philadelphia, 1974-1975; special assistant to, United States Secretary of Transportation, 1975-1977; deputy under secretary transportation, United States Secretary of Transportation, 1976-1977; associate, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Levy & Kauffman, Philadelphia, 1977-1978; partner, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Levy & Kauffman, Philadelphia, 1979-1980; insurance commissioner, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1980-1983; chairman Governor's task force on health care cost containment, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1981-1983; partner, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, since 1983; member Executive Committee, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, since 1987; managing partner, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia and Princeton, since 1993. Board directors Harleysville Insurance Company.
Achievements
Membership
Delaware Republican National Convention, 1984, 88, 92, 96. Member of national finance committee Republican Party. Co-chairman Pennsylvania finance committee for George Bush for President, 1987-1988.
TrusteeTemple U.; member of the Board of Governors Colonial Club, Princeton. Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Oswald, February 22, 1969. 1 child, Sarah Skelton.
