Rodger Alan Brown

Background

Brown, Rodger Alan was born on March 24, 1937 in Ellicottville, New York, United States. Son of Ellsworth LeRoy and Gladys Lucille Brown.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Antioch College, 1960; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Oklahoma, 1989.

Career

Resident observer, Mount Washington (N.H.) Observatory, 1955-1956; resident observer, Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Milton, Massachusetts, 1956; student aide, United States Weather Bureau, Washington, 1957; rawinsonde observer, United States Weather Bureau, Little America V, Antarctica, 1957-1959; laboratory assistant, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio., 1959-1960; research assistant, University of Chicago, 1960-1965; research meteorologist, Cornell Aero. Laboratory, Buffalo, 1965-1970; research meteorologist, Wave Propagation Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, 1970; research meteorologist, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma, since 1970.

Achievements

• Rodger Alan Brown has been listed as a noteworthy Meteorologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Boy Scouts American, Norman, since 1972. Board directors My Friend's House, Norman, 1989-1990, 94-96. Fellow Royal Meteorological Society.

Member National Weather Association (secretary 1994, v.p.1996, commissioner committees since 1997), American Meteorological Society (chair severe storms committee 1980-1982), American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: Boy Scouts, making Plains Indian flutes.

Connections

Married Diane Priscilla McLeod, June 27, 1959. Children: Christopher, Elizabeth, Katherine.

Father:

Ellsworth LeRoy

Mother:

Gladys Lucille Brown

Spouse:

Diane Priscilla McLeod

child:

Katherine Brown

child:

Elizabeth Brown

child:

Christopher Brown