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William B. Brown
Biographic Sketch
William B. Brown, ICAS Fellow, is a senior international economist in the Office of the
Chief Economist, Economics and Statistics Administration, US Department of
Commerce. He grew up in Kwangju, Korea in the 1950s and 1960s where his
parents worked as missionaries. After attending Rhodes College in Memphis,
Tennessee, Mr. Brown attended Washington University in St. Louis, earning his
masters degree in economics and Chinese studies and completing most of his
coursework for the Ph.D. His career in the federal government began in 1976
and has included work in the analytical arm of the CIA, the State Department,
the US Embassy in Seoul, and the National Intelligence Council where he
recently completed a two-year tour as Deputy National Intelligence Officer
for Economics. He also has worked in Virginia's Department of World Trade and
in private industry. In addition to his current work at Commerce, Mr. Brown
currently teaches graduate courses in East Asian economics and cultures in
George Mason University's Institute of Public Policy and he travels regularly
to East Asia. He is married to Helen Overton Brown and has four children.
This page last updated 10/28/2005 jdb
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