Harold Brown
- Born: September 19, 1927 (New York, New York)
Education
- 1945: BA, Columbia University
- 1946: MA, Columbia University
- 1949: PhD, Columbia University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1947–1950: Columbia University, Lecturer and Research Assistant
- 1949–1950: Stevens Institute of Technology, Lecturer
- 1950–1952: University of California, Berkeley, Physicist, Radiation Laboratory
- 1952–1953: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physicist
- 1953–1955: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Group Leader
- 1955–1958: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Division Leader
- 1958–1959: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Associate Director
- 1959–1960: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Deputy Director
- 1960–1961: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Director
- 1961–1965: United States Department of Defense, Director of Defense Research and Engineering
- 1965–1969: United States Air Force, Secretary of the Air Force
- 1969–1976: California Institute of Technology, President
- 1977–1981: United States Department of Defense, Secretary of Defense
- 1981–1984: Johns Hopkins University, Distiguished Visiting Professor, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
- 1984–1992: Johns Hopkins University, Chair, Foreign Policy Institute, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
- 1992–present: Center for Strategic and International Studies, Counselor and Member, Board of Trustees
Other Positions
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1956–1958: Member, Polaris Steering Committee, United States Navy
- 1956–1961: Member, Scientific Advisory Board, United States Air Force
- 1958–1958: Adviser to the United States Delegation, Conference of Experts on the Detection of Nuclear Weapons Tests, Geneva
- 1958–1959: Senior Scientific Adviser to the United States Delegation, Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapons Tests
- 1958–1961: Member, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Defense on Ballistic Missiles, United States Department of Defense
- 1969–1977: Delegate, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
- 1969–1976: Member, General Advisory Committee, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- 1973–1976: Member, Executive Committee, Trilateral Commission
- 1974–1975: Chair, Technology Assessment Advisory Council, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress
- 1983–1992: Member, Board of Trustees, RAND Corporation
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1977: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1992: United States Department of Energy, Enrico Fermi Award
Archival Resources
California Institute of Technology, Institute Archives, Pasadena, California
Oral History Interviews
- 1964: Available Online
- 1972: California Institute of Technology, Institute Archives
- 1990: California Institute of Technology, Institute Archives
- 2004: Available Online
