Dr. Brown was born in Kansas City Missouri, March 31, 1935. He and his now deceased older brother, Alvin H. Walton Brown, attended Attucks Elementary School in Kansas City.  Both also attended Sumner High School in Boonville, Missouri, and Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.  Dr. Brown's wife is retired after 22 years as residence services supervisor with the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission. They live in Rockville, MD, have an adult married son, and two grandchildren.

Dr. Brown's educational background includes a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Lincoln University, a masters degree in psychiatric social work from Atlanta University, and a doctorate degree in public administration from the University of Southern California.

Dr. Brown is a retired federal executive presently engaged in number of professional, community, family, and personal development activities. He co-teaches a course in leadership values and ethics at the George Washington University, and provides management-consulting services to the Leadership Development Academy of the Graduate School, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and to other organizations.

Dr. Brown meets weekly with a fifth grader at Highland View Elementary School in Silver Spring, MD as part of a mentoring program entitled Young Black Men with Promise. Until recently, he co-chaired a Montgomery County Steering Committee on Diversity and Community Empowerment, sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation, through Bowie State University's Institute for Diversity and Multi-cultural Affairs.

The last 9 years of Dr. Brown's federal career was with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in headquarters Washington, DC.  He served as Director of the Aerospace Education Division, where he managed the Teacher in Space Program, and later became the Deputy Associate Administrator for Human Resources and Education, until retiring in July 1994. His 36-year federal career covered a diverse array of clinical, technical, managerial, and executive positions in 7 agencies. Included were the Veterans Administration Neuropsychiatric Hospital; the Department of Health, Education and Welfare=s U.S. Repatriation and Cuban Refugee Program, and the National Institute of Mental Health; the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity; the Brookings Institution; the U.S. Office of Personnel Management; the Federal Executive Institute; and NASA. He was a charter member of the Senior Executive Service established in 1978, and at the time of retirement from NASA, he had reached the highest career rank of SES VI.

In July of 1994, Dr. Brown was appointed Senior Associate to the Director of the Graduate School, USDA where he designed, developed, and coordinated the School=s strategic plan. During his 6-year stint with the School he also served as Director of the International Institute for Training and Education. He retired for a second time in March 2000.

His international experiences include programming for the U.S. Repatriation and Cuban Refugee Program; a Visiting Professorship at the Australian Administration Staff College; and presentations on aerospace education in Austria, India, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.