Background
Brown, Robert Coleman was born on September 14, 1892 in Nichols, New York, United States. Son of Charles W.M. and Adele (Sydney) Brown.
Brown, Robert Coleman was born on September 14, 1892 in Nichols, New York, United States. Son of Charles W.M. and Adele (Sydney) Brown.
AB, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1914. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1917. Doctor of Juridical Science (honorary), Harvard University, 1930.
Associate, Frear, Prosser, Anderson & Marx, Honolulu, 1917-1918; associate, McAdoo, Cotton & Franklin, New York City, 1919-1926; assistant professor of law, Indiana U., 1926-1927; associate professor, Indiana U., 1927-1930; professor, Indiana U., 1930-1943; associate, Wright, Gordon, Zachry, Parlin & Cahill, New York City, 1943-1946; professor of law, University Florida, 1946-1947; professor of law, University Pittsburgh, 1947-1958; emeritus, U. Pittsburgh, from 1958. Advisor Pennsylvania Joint Government Commission, 1948-1954.
With United States Army, 1918-1919. Member American Bar Association (county section taxation 1941-1945), National Tax. Association, Order of Coif, Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Associations, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Iva George Rigsby, September 16, 1922.