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Glenn R. Brown Jr., leader in merging Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve College faculties and former senior vice president at Standard Oil, dies at age 90 Cameron Fields, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio Glenn R. Brown Jr., the leader who helped merge the faculties of Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve College and the former senior vice president of technology and planning at Standard Oil of Ohio, died Sunday. He was 90. His cause of death is not known.
Brown’s drive to help his community and be a light for others was one of his most notable qualities. When Brown retired in 1986 from Standard Oil, which British Petroleum acquired, he had worked for the company for 34 years.
Astronaut to give virtual speech at OU on leadership, women in space [The Ironton Tribune, Ohio]
Jan. 27 ATHENS Ohio University’s Frontiers in Science lecture series will host retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force Col. Eileen Collins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
The virtual talk, “Leadership & Women in Space,” is open to all and participants can join in by visiting www.ohio.edu/frontiersinscience.
Collins made history as the first female to pilot a U.S. spacecraft with the Discovery space shuttle flight in 1995. She also became the first female commander with the 1999 Columbia shuttle flight.
NASA also tapped Collins as commander for Discovery’s historic “Return to Flight” mission in 2005, the first manned flight following the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and crew in 2003.