Robert Alan Brown

Background

Brown, Robert Alan was born on February 8, 1943 in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Edward Stickney and Barbara (Beetle) Brown.

Education

AB, Princeton University, 1965; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1971.

Career

Research fellow, Center for Planetary Physics Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971-1975; research associate, Center for Planetary Physics Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975-1977; research fellow, Lunar Planetary Laboratory U. Arizona, Tucson, 1979-1982; visiting scientist, Lunar Planetary Laboratory U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1982; astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, since 1982; research professor physics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1982. National Aeronautics and Space Administration project scientist for Hubble Space Telescope, 1983-1985.

Achievements

• Robert Alan Brown has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Astronomical Society (chairman planetary science division 1987-1988), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. M C.

Connections

Married Frances Sice, February 18,1967 (divorced December 1978). Children: Christopher Edward, Abigail Elizabeth. Married Kathleen Ann Smith, December 28, 1981 (divorced January 1986).

Mary Christine Evren, May 22, 1986.

Father:

Edward Stickney Brown

Mother:

Barbara (Beetle) Brown

Spouse:

Frances Sice

Spouse:

Kathleen Ann Smith

child:

Christopher Edward Brown

child:

Abigail Elizabeth Brown