Background
Brannon, Victor DeWitt was born on August 26, 1909 in Des Moines. Son of Ralph William and Carrie Pearl (Hamblin) Brannon.
Brannon, Victor DeWitt was born on August 26, 1909 in Des Moines. Son of Ralph William and Carrie Pearl (Hamblin) Brannon.
Bachelor of Arts Arizona, 1931. AM, University Arizona, 1932. Student, University Wisconsin, 1935—1936.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Missouri, 1938.
Instructor political science University Arizona, summers, 1931—1933. Teacher social science San Simon High School, 1933—1934. Research assistant New York Board Regents Inquiry into the cost and character of public education, 1936—1937.
Researcher and statistician Missouri State Highway Department and Missouri State Planning Board, 1936—1937. Assistant director St. Louis Governmental Research Institute, 1939—1946, director, 1947—1983. Board trustees Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, 1955.
Secretary Constitutional Revision Study Committee, 1962. Board trustees St. Louis Charter Board, Freeholders, 1956—1957. Research consultant St. Louis Police Department, 1957—1965, Committee on Municipalities and Services in St. Louis County, 1958, St. Louis County Board, Freeholders, 1954, St. Louis County Charter Committee, 1979, Advisory council University Missouri School Business and Public Administration, 1965—1966.
Member of Governmental Research Association (trustee 1950-1951, president 1961-1962), Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Dorothy Ellen Webb, August 20, 1933. Children: Vicki Rae, Richard Carlyle.