Brown, John Nicholas (02/21/1900-10/09/1979)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Real estate executive
  • Number of Terms: 4
  • Committees/Roles: Brown was instrumental in establishing the National Portrait Gallery. Served as Chair of the National Portrait Gallery Commission. Also served as Chair of the Advisory Board for the National Armed Forces Museum, a planned museum that was never built.

Subject

  • Brown, John Nicholas 1900-
  • Board of Regents
  • Citizen Regent
  • National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)

Notes

  • People in History. An index to U. S. and Canadian biographies in history journals and dissertations. Two volumes. Edited by Susan K. Kinnell. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1988; Who Was Who in America. Volume 7, 1977-1981. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1981; The Smithsonian Torch, no. 11 (new series), December 1965, p. 2.
  • Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: Brown University

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Short Legal Citation

71 Stat. 7 (1957), P.L. No. 85-9

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

Regent type

Citizen

State

Rhode Island

Date

Regent Tenure: 03/14/1957-1979

Topic

  • Executives
  • Regents
  • Rhode Island

Place

Rhode Island

Form/Genre

Biographies

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