Benjamin H. Brown, retired professor, Cambridge, Mass., on June 12, 2001. Born and raised in Chattanooga, Tenn., Brown took a two-year research fellowship at Clara College in Cambridge after graduating from Columbia. He then returned to Columbia, earning his doctorate in modern English history in 1941. Brown was a World War II veteran, serving in the Navy at allied headquarters in Britain and later Berlin. After the war, he settled in New York City and served as deputy secretary general of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from 1947-53. Brown also was a freelance writer and international affairs lecturer. He later served as director of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs (1955-58) and then served as vice president of the American University of Beirut (1958-60). For the next 24 years, Brown directed the fellows program at Harvard's Center for International Affairs, where he conducted myriad seminars. He also served as adviser to mid-career diplomats and statesmen at the center before retiring from Harvard in 1983. Brown is remembered as an enthusiastic participant in Harvard life, an informed political and international affairs commentator, a skilled pastel artist, passionate conversationalist and loyal friend. He is survived by his wife, Marguerite; son Timothy; stepchildren Elspeth Macdonald and Mark Woodcock; two grandchildren; two nieces; four step-grandsons; and a step-great-grandson.
Benjamin H. Brown, retired professor, Cambridge, Mass., on June 12, 2001. Born and raised in Chattanooga, Tenn., Brown took a two-year research fellowship at Clara College in Cambridge after graduating from Columbia. He then returned to Columbia, earning his doctorate in modern English history in 1941. Brown was a World War II veteran, serving in the Navy at allied headquarters in Britain and later Berlin. After the war, he settled in New York City and served as deputy secretary general of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from 1947-53. Brown also was a freelance writer and international affairs lecturer. He later served as director of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs (1955-58) and then served as vice president of the American University of Beirut (1958-60). For the next 24 years, Brown directed the fellows program at Harvard's Center for International Affairs, where he conducted myriad seminars. He also served as adviser to mid-career diplomats and statesmen at the center before retiring from Harvard in 1983. Brown is remembered as an enthusiastic participant in Harvard life, an informed political and international affairs commentator, a skilled pastel artist, passionate conversationalist and loyal friend. He is survived by his wife, Marguerite; son Timothy; stepchildren Elspeth Macdonald and Mark Woodcock; two grandchildren; two nieces; four step-grandsons; and a step-great-grandson.
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