Edward
B. Brown,
Coast and Geodetic Survey mid-continent Field Director at Kansas
City since
1965, retired after serving for more than 39 years. A native
of South Carolina, he joined the Coast and Geodetic Survey as
a deck officer in 1929 soon after his graduation from the Citadel
and was on several different ships and shore parties until he
was transferred to the Army in 1945. After service with the
artillery in Europe he returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey
in 1946 and was assigned to geodetic field parties for several
years.
Captain Brown attended the Armed Forces Staff College in 1949,
and in 1950-1952 was in Panama and Latin America with the
Inter-American Geodetic Survey. He commanded the U.S. Coast
and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER in 1964 on the International
Indian Ocean Expedition and in 1965 prior to going to Kansas
City. He had previously commanded the Ships WAINWRIGHT-HILGARD,
JONES, and EXPLORER. He received the Commerce Department's
Exceptional Service Award in 1964.
Captain Brown is a member of numerous professional and scientific
organizations and is a registered civil engineer in California.
ESSA
Corps Bulletin, 12/2/1968
Captain Edward Bunyan Brown who retired in 1968, died in Kansas
City, Kansas area on April 5, 1977. He resided in Shawnee Mission
and Prairie Village,Kansas since 1965.
Captain Brown joined the Coast and Geodetic Survey as a
Deck Officer in 1929 after having obtained his degree in Civil
Engineering at the CITADEL. His widely diversified 39-year
career with the Coast and Geodetic Survey and ESSA included
duty aboard 10 survey ships, during which time he served as
Commanding Officer of the Ships WAINWRIGHT, HILGARD, LESTER
JONES, EXPLORER, and PIONEER. During his command of the PIONEER
he took the ship on the 1964 International Indian Ocean Expedition,
and for this outstanding service was awarded the Commerce
Department's Gold Medal Exceptional Service Award. His career
had included various field party assignments which took him
to nearly every section of the United States. During World
War II he served on duty with the U.S. Army in the European
Theater of Operation. He has graduated from the Armed Forces
Staff College, served as Technical Consultant with the Inter-American
Geodetic Survey and was Los Angeles District officer. He was
serving as Kansas City Regional Officer, at the time of his
retirement.
NOAA Corps Bulletin, 5/1/1977
