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Robert A. Brown (born July 22, 1951) is the 10th president of Boston University. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. He was formerly the provost of MIT.
Biography
He is a chemical engineer by training. A Texas native, he received his B. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. S. and M. A. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and his Ph. D. from the University of Minnesota in 1979. The University of Minnesota Twin Cities ( U of M or The U) is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
In 1979, Brown joined the faculty of MIT as assistant professor. He worked at MIT for 25 years before moving across the Charles River to become the president of Boston University. The Charles River is a small relatively short River in Massachusetts, USA, that separates Boston from Cambridge and For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. During his tenure at MIT, he served as co-director of the MIT Supercomputer Facility, Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Dean of Engineering. In 1998, he became the provost of MIT. Provost is the title of a senior Academic administrator at many institutions of Higher education in the United States and Canada, the equivalent
Brown was selected as the 10th president of Boston University on May, 2005. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. He was inaugurated on September, 2005, succeeding Aram V. Chobanian, who served as President from October 2003 until June 2005. Aram V Chobanian (born August 8, 1929 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) was president Ad interim of Boston University
Brown became an honorary citizen of Singapore in January 2006. Singapore In February 2006, President George W. Bush appointed President Brown to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a panel established to maintain a steady stream of expert advice from the private sector and the academic community on a wide range of scientific and technical matters. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. PCAST is the United States President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology Brown is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Brown and his wife, Beverly, have two adult sons.
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