Background
Browne, Secor Delahay was born on July 22, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Aldis Jerome and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Browne.
educator consultant industrial engineer
Browne, Secor Delahay was born on July 22, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Aldis Jerome and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Browne.
AB, Harvard University, 1938.
Engineer draftsman, Kroeschell Engineering Company, Chicago, 1938-1942;
engineer salesman, Barber-Colman Company, Rockford, Illinois, 1939-1942;
manager aircraft production, Barber-Colman Company, Rockford, Illinois, 1946-1951. With Clifford Manufacturing Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1951-1955. President, Chairman of the Board Browne & Shaw Company, 1955-1969, Browne & Shaw Research Corporation, 1963-1968.
Associate professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958-1969, professor, 1973-1975. Vice president Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968-1969. Assistant secretary for research and technical Department Transportation, 1969.
Chairman Civil Aeronautics Board, 1971-1973. Consultant Secor D. Browne Associations Inc., from 1973.
Member Lincoln (Massachusetts) Republican Town Committee, 1962-1968. Chairman Flight Safety Foundation Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Fellow Royal Aeronautical Society, Royal Society Arts, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate).
Member Society Automotive Engineers, Royal Commonwealth Society, Harvard (New York City), Wings (New York City), Metropolitan, National Aviation, Atheneum, American (London) clubs.
Married Mary Denise Giles, August 23, 1945. Children: Patrick R., Giles C. Married Constance Ely Haden, September 6, 1970.
Stepchildren: Dana M., Sabra I., Russell L., C. Keller, Chesley E., Kinard E.