Background
Brown, Lowell Severt was born on February 15, 1934 in Visalia, California, United States. Son of Volney Clifford and Anna Marie Evelyn (Jacobson) Brown.
Brown, Lowell Severt was born on February 15, 1934 in Visalia, California, United States. Son of Volney Clifford and Anna Marie Evelyn (Jacobson) Brown.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy (National Science Foundation predoctoral fellow 1956-1961), Harvard University, 1961; postgraduate, U. Rome, 1961-1962; postgraduate, Imperial College, London, 1962-1963.
From research associate to associate professor physics, Yale University, 1963-1968;
member of faculty, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1968;
professor physics, U. Washington, since 1970. Visiting professor Imperial College, London, 1971-1972, Columbia University, New York City, 1990. Visiting scientist Brookhaven National Laboratory, summer, 1965-1968, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, summer 1966, Stanford Accelerator Center, summer, 1967, European Organization of Nuclear Research, Geneva, summer, 1979, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, winter 1999.
Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1979-1980. Consultant Los Alamos National Laboratory, spring 1999, visiting scientist, 1991. Visiting physicist Deutches Elektronen-Synchrontron, Hamburg, 1986.
Trustee Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, 1986-1995. Member Ferrari Club of America.
Married Shirley Isabel Mitchell, June 23, 1956. 1 son, Stephen Clifford.