Otis Barton Brown

Background

Brown, Otis Barton was born on April 3, 1944 in Urbana, Illinois, United States. Son of Otis B. and Olga W. (Hamff) Brown.

Education

Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State University, 1966; Master of Science, U. Miami, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Phyics, U. Miami, 1973.

Career

Research associate professor meteorology and physical oceanography, Rosensteil School Marine/Atmos School U., 1980-1985; associate professor meteorology and physical oceanography, U. Miami, 1985-1987; professor meteorology and physical oceanography, U. Miami, since 1987; chairman meteorological and physical oceanography, U. Miami, 1985-1989; associate dean, U. Miami, 1989-1995; interim dean, U. Miami, 1995; dean, U. Miami, since 1995. Trustee U. Corporation Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, since 1996. Member science advisory board National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, member climate and global change advisory panel.

Member ocean research advisory panel American Mathematical Society Council.

Achievements

• Otis Barton Brown has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator, dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Mathematical Society.

Connections

Married Clara Ferguson, October 20, 1978. Children: Rachael A. Ferguson-Brown, Sarah E. Ferguson-Brown.

Father:

Otis B. Brown

Mother:

Olga W. (Hamff) Brown

Spouse:

Clara Ferguson

child:

Sarah E. Ferguson-Brown

child:

Rachael A. Ferguson-Brown