Brown College - Definition and Overview

There is also a part of Rice University known as Brown College

Brown College is a technical college in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, part of the Twin Cities region. The college was founded in 1946 by Richard and Helen Brown, who started the school as the American Institute of the Air, a broadcasting school. It later became known as Brown Institute in 1954 when courses in a variety of other fields including electronics and computers were added. The two founders retired in 1978, and the school changed to its current name in 2001.

Many significant television and radio personalities got their start at Brown. Former U.S. Representative and Senator Rod Grams attended the institute for a time in the late 1960s. Other notable individuals include Jerry Dahlberg, Don Dresser, Roy Finden, Harley Flathers, Ned Goodwin, Cliff Mitchell, Jim Rohn, Ray Szmanda, and Howard Viken. Richard and Helen Brown were inducted into the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting's Hall of Fame in 2004.

External links

• Brown College (http://www.browncollege.edu/)