Background
Brown, Sevellon was born on April 23, 1913 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Sevellon and Elizabeth Bonney (Barry) Brown.
Brown, Sevellon was born on April 23, 1913 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Sevellon and Elizabeth Bonney (Barry) Brown.
Student Amherst College, 1931-1934. Master of Science, Columbia, 1936.
; children—Deborah Ann, Bonney Baxter. Married Janice Oakley Van De Water, December 27, 1958. Association editor Pathfinder Magazine, 1937-1939.
Washington correspondent Providence Evening Bulletin, 1939-1942.
Chief Washington bureau Providence Journal-Bulletin, 1942-1944, assistant to editor, 1946-1949, associate editor, 1949-1953, editor, 1953-1968. Trustee Providence Public Library.
Served as Second lieutenant Office of Strategic Services, Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Pulitzer traveling scholar in Europe, 1936-1937. International (chairman American committee), American press institutions, New England Society Newspaper editors (president 1960-1961).
Married Margaret Durkee, July 11, 1936 (divorced 1958). Married Janice Oakley Van De Water, December 27, 1958. Children: Deborah Ann, Bonney Baxter.