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Robert A. Brown (born
July 221951) is the 10th president of
Boston University. He was formerly the provost of
MIT.
Biography
He is a chemical engineer by training. A
Texas native, he received his B.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.
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. 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.
Brown was selected as the 10th president of
Boston University on May, 2005. He was inaugurated on September, 2005, succeeding
Aram V. Chobanian, who served as President from October 2003 until June 2005.
Brown became an honorary citizen of
Singapore in January 2006. 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. 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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