Harry Lowrance Brown (1888-1984) was born in Forsyth County, Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1916. In his long career he serves as a county extension agent, director of extension in Georgia, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in the Roosevelt administration, Assistant Director of Agricultural Relations with the Tennessee Valley Authority, General Agent of the Third District of the Farm Credit Administration, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Georgia in charge of Agriculture, a member of a U. S. State Department technical commission for development in Brazil and, finally, Dean and Director of the University of Georgia College of Agriculture. Following his "retirement" he served as a Georgia State Senator and was a member of a variety of important organizations related to agriculture in Georgia.
From the description of Harry Lowrance Brown Biographical Papers, 1900?-1984. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 645215906
