Albert Brown

Albert was born in Philadelphia in 1942. From Philadelphia, his family moved to Springfield in 1950 where he attended Springfield schools until he graduated in 1960. Albert remembers his senior year, where the basketball team won the league championship and traveled down to the Palestra to play a championship playoff game which was a dream for high school kids. In 1960, after graduating from Springfield, Mr. Brown attended Temple University where he majored in Chemistry. After graduating from Temple, Mr. Brown went to work for The Rohm and Haas company, known today as Dow Chemical, for 45 years where he had an extensive research career. Mr. Brown turned his attention to better adhesion and flow innovations for house paints. Mr. Brown’s work has led him to become a worldwide expert in emulsion polymerization, contributing to a number of new product technologies. Mr. Brown was honored by Temple University’s Alumni Association by being inducted into the Gallery of Success for the College of Science and Technology. Mr. Brown was very pleased with what Temple University has taught him, so in 2010 he founded two scholarships for Chemistry majors in the College of Science and Technology which total more than $500,000. Mr. Brown retired in 2009 and has been traveling the world since. Today, Mr. Brown is in Florida, and has sent a short video to accept this recognition.