Brown, Harry F.
Harry Farnsworth Brown was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on August 17, 1886, the son of Harry Bushnell Brown and Annie Josephine Burdick . He was educated in the New Haven public schools and attended Yale University from 1903-1907, where he graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School. Following graduation he was employed by General Electric Company.
In 1910 he took a position in the Electrical Engineering Department of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad . He served as a draftsman (1910), assistant engineer (1911-1922), assistant electrical engineer (1922-1946), and electrical engineer (1946-1952). When he left the railroad in 1952 he was Chief Engineer of the Engineering Department. From 1951 until his retirement he worked as a railroad consultant with Westinghouse International Co., and Gibbs & Hill in New York, New York.
Harry F. Brown married Grace A. Durham on October 11, 1911. They had six children. He was a lifelong member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. He died on August 11, 1980.
From the guide to the Harry F. Brown, Papers., 1908-1933, 1959, 1964., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center)
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| creatorOf | Harry F. Brown, Papers., 1908-1933, 1959, 1964. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| referencedIn | Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 | Harvard University Archives. |
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| associatedWith | Boston and Maine Railroad | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | New York, Westchester & Boston Railway | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pennsylvania Railroad | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Westchester & Boston Railroad | corporateBody |
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| Bridgeport, Connecticut | |||
| Bronx, New York | |||
| Providence, Rhode Island | |||
| Stamford, Connecticut | |||
| New Haven, Connecticut | |||
| Greens Farms, Connecticut | |||
| Darien, Connecticut | |||
| Oak Point, New York | |||
| West Farms, New York | |||
| Cos Cob, Connecticut | |||
| South Norwalk, Connecticut | |||
| Nantasket, Massachusetts | |||
| Devon, Connecticut | |||
| South Mount Vernon, New York | |||
| Greenwich, Connecticut | |||
| Milford, Connecticut | |||
| Sound Beach, Connecticut | |||
| Woodmont, Connecticut | |||
| Port Chester, New York | |||
| Cedar Hill, Connecticut | |||
| Danbury, Connecticut | |||
| Westport, Connecticut | |||
| Porter, Indiana | |||
| New Rochelle, New York |
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| Railroads |
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