John Brown

John Brown

male, deceased (1803)
Slave Trade Act of 1794, federal slave importation laws, From Providence, Rhode Island, Governor of Rhode Island, slaveholder, slave trade…BrownUniversity
John Brown (1736-1803) was an American merchant and statesman from Providence, Rhode Island and founder of Brown University. Born in Providence,...
John Carter Brown

John Carter Brown

male, deceased (1874)
BrownUniversity, book collector, National Gallery of Art, Nicholas Brown
John Carter Brown (1797-1874) was a book collector whose library formed the basis of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. His father,...
Glenn Loury

Glenn Loury

male
Glenn Cartman Loury, Boston University, professor, Glenn C. Loury, Ph.D., economics…Brown University faculty, Northwestern University, BrownUniversity, Suffolk University
Glenn C. Loury is the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Brown University. He has taught previously at...
Kenneth R. Miller

Kenneth R. Miller

male, 61 years old
science teacher, Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D., BrownUniversity, university of colorado at boulder, Science writer…University of Colorado alumni, Brown University alumni, Brown University faculty, University of Colorado
Kenneth R. Miller (born 1948) is a biology professor at Brown University. Miller, who is Roman Catholic, is particularly known for his opposition...
Vartan Gregorian

Vartan Gregorian

male, 75 years old
President of Brown University, American, Ford Foundation, Social Science Research Council, museum of modern art, phi beta kappa…Brown University president, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, BrownUniversity
Vartan Gregorian (born April 8, 1934 in Tabriz, Iran) is a distinguished American academic, currently serving as the president of Carnegie...
Bobby Jindal

Bobby Jindal

male, 38 years old
From Baton Rouge, Indian Christian, Indian-American politician, convert to Roman Catholicism, BS, LA…MA Oxford University, MA Oxford University 1994, Oxford University, BS Brown University 1991, BrownUniversity
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a Louisiana politician. Jindal was elected as a Republican to the United...

Nicholas Brown

male, deceased (1841)
BrownUniversity
Nicholas Brown, Jr. (1769-1841) was a Providence, Rhode Island businessman and philanthropist. He graduated from the College of Rhode Island in...
Lincoln Chafee

Lincoln Chafee

male, 56 years old (Providence, Rhode Island, United States)
Gang of Fourteen, From Providence, Rhode Island, Episcopal, Warwick RI, born in Warwick RI, BA Brown University 1975…BA Brown University, brown, BrownUniversity, Brown University alumni
Lincoln Davenport Chafee (born March 26, 1953) is a former United States Senator from Rhode Island. He lost his re-election bid in 2006 to Democrat...
Ruth J. Simmons

Ruth J. Simmons

female, 64 years old
President of Brown University, Academic, Literature educator, Brown Daily Herald, Harvard Centennial Medal recipient, Harvard University alumni…Princeton University faculty, dillard university, Brown University president, American university and college president, Princeton University
Ruth J. Simmons (born 1945 in Grapeland, Texas), is the 18th president of Brown University and first black president of an Ivy League institution....