Weldon Grant Brown

Background

Brown, Weldon Grant was born on February 4, 1908 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Arrived in the United States, 1929, naturalized, 1939. Son of Samuel and Margaret Ethel (McKinley) Brown.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Saskatchewan, 1927. Master of Science, University Saskatchewan, 1928. Doctor of Laws(honorary), University Saskatchewan, 1959.

Doctor of Philosophy, University California Berkeley, 1931.

Career

National research fellow University Chicago, Berlin, Frankfort, 1931—1933. Chemist Titanium Pigment Company, Brooklyn, 1933—1934. Professor organic chemistry University Chicago, 1935—1973.

Senior scientist Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, 1962—1971. Consultant industrial chemical accidents. With Canada Militia and Air Force, 1926-1928.

Achievements

• Weldon Grant Brown has been listed as a noteworthy chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Chemical Society.

Connections

Married Mildred Gladys MacKenzie, June 29, 1932. Children: Ross, Grant, Susan Joan Brown Bivin, Scott.

Father:

Samuel Brown

Mother:

Margaret Ethel (McKinley) Brown

Spouse:

Mildred Gladys MacKenzie

child:

Susan Joan Brown Bivin Brown

child:

Grant Brown

child:

Scott Brown

child:

Ross Brown