Glenn R. Brown

Biography

Dr. Glenn Brown was appointed by Governor Voinovich in June of 1996 as Ohio's first, formally designated Science and Technology Advisor to the Governor. In 1999, Governor Taft asked him to continue in this role, and he served as Science Advisor to Gov. Taft until August, 2000. He is currently President of the Generation Foundation.

Dr. Brown has a BS in Chemical Engineering received from Penn State University and a PhD in the same discipline received from the Case Institute of Technology (now the Case Western Reserve University).

He worked for The Standard Oil Co. (now BP) for 33 years, retiring in 1986 as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer and member of the Board of Directors. He was responsible for research and development, engineering, patenting and licensing, health, safety and environmental affairs, alternate energy and corporate planning. After retirement from Standard Oil, he spent seven years at Case Western Reserve University. While with the university, Dr. Brown served as the first Dean of the combined faculties and as Vice Provost of Corporate Research and Technology Transfer.

Dr. Brown has served on numerous corporate boards in addition to The Standard Oil Co. board, including Centran Bank, Society National Bank, Ferro Corporation and Nordson Corporation. He has also served on many non-profit boards including the Cleveland Playhouse Square Foundation (Chair, 1991-1996), The Cleveland Opera, The Botanical Garden of Cleveland, Hawken School, Cleveland Reads (Chair, 19871993), the Cleveland Advanced Manufacturing Program, Cleveland Engineering Society, the American Red Cross, Notre Dame College, United Way Services, the Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair, and the American Chemical Society (Chair, Cleveland Section, 1983).

He has received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Pennsylvania State University (1984), the Distinguished Service Award from the Cleveland Technical Societies Council (1984), the Leadership Award from the Cleveland Engineering Society (2000), the People of Vision Award from Prevent Blindness Ohio (2001), the President's Award for Distinguished Alumni from The Case School of Engineering, CWRU (2002), Golden Achievement Award for Education (2002) and an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from Kent State University (2000).

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