Frances R. Brown

Frances Raymond Brown (January 2, 1908 – February 7, 1998) was an American educator and college president. She was president of Chevy Chase Junior College from 1947 through 1950, and its dean from 1944 to 1947. She was also a dean at Radcliffe College and an associate dean at Longwood College. She was the daughter of Barnum Brown, a paleontologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History who discovered the Tyrannosaurus rex.

Early life Brown was born on January 2, 1908, in Manhattan, New York. She was the daughter of Marion (née Raymond) and Barnum Brown, a paleontologist and curator with the American Museum of Natural History who discovered and named the Tyrannosaurus rex.

Her grieving father left her with her maternal grandparents, Mary and Charles W. Brown in Oxford, New York. Her grandfather was an attorney and a member of the New York State Assembly. Because her father often worked overseas, she rarely saw him. She took graduate classes at St. Hugh's College, Oxford and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Career Brown began her career in education teaching in Baltimore and at the Hannah Moore Academy in Restertown, Maryland. She said the college was closing due to "low enrollment, rising costs, and the uncertainty of the international situation". The latter being the Korean War. She also asked alumnae to help increase the potential for more students by finding additional boarding facilities. In 1961, she joined the faculty of Longwood College.

Publications

Let's Call Him Barnum. New York: Vantage Press, 1987.