J. Calvin Brown

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J. Calvin Brown
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Born(1893-01-12)January 12, 1893
Pomona, California,
United States
DiedApril 7, 1973(1973-04-07) (aged 80)
Clayton, Missouri,
United States
Nationality American
Alma mater Throop College of Technology
Chicago School of Law [1]
Known forinternationally known consulting engineer and patent lawyer [2]
president of ASME

J. Calvin Brown (January 12, 1893 - April 7, 1973) was an American consulting engineer and patent attorney of Los Angeles, known as 70th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1951-52. [1] [2]

A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing an opposition. The term is used differently in different countries, and thus may or may not require the same legal qualifications as a general legal practitioner.

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Biography

Youth, family and education

Brown was born in Pomona, California in 1893, son of James Calhoun and Lily May (Nichols) Brown. The father was a lawyer in Los Angeles from Richmond, Virginia, descendant of the "famous Southern Calhoun family", known as liberally educated men, many with scholastic degrees. [1]

Pomona, California City in California, United States

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Richmond, Virginia Capital of Virginia

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Brown attended Los Angeles High School and graduated in aeronautical engineering at Throop College of Technology, now the California Institute of Technology. Next he graduated at the Chicago School of Law, now University of Chicago Law School. He was engaged in war activities with the United States Army Air Service from the time America entered the World war until December 1918. [1] [3]

Los Angeles High School public magnet secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., founded in 1873

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United States Army Air Service 1918-1926 air warfare service of the United States Army

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Career and acknowledgements

In 1920 Brown was admitted to the State Bar of California. He started with the patent lawyer firm Raymond Ives Blakeslee, where he became a partner in June 1922. The practice of the firm was focussed on cases involving patents, trademarks, copyrights and unfair competition in the Federal courts. [1] In a dozen years he to "a position of leading importance among the members of the Southern California bar." [3]

State Bar of California

The State Bar of California is California's official attorney licensing agency. It is responsible for managing the admission of lawyers to the practice of law, investigating complaints of professional misconduct, and prescribing appropriate discipline. It is directly responsible to the Supreme Court of California. All attorney admissions and disbarments are issued as recommendations of the State Bar, which are then routinely ratified by the Supreme Court.

Brown was also admitted to the United States Supreme Court and the United States courts of appeals for California, Illinois, and Washington, D.C. [4] From the early 1920s until the early 1940s Brown was president of the Los Angeles Patent Law Association, and participated in several United States Congress hearings on patents. [5] [6] [7] By 1945 he Brown was head of his own firm of J. Calvin Brown, Los Angeles. [8]

United States courts of appeals post-1891 U.S. appellate circuit courts

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In 1950 Brown was elected new president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers [9] at the Society's 71st annual meeting in New York City. [10] [11] From 1945 to 1949 he had served as vice-president. [12] [2] In 1952 he was succeeded as ASME president by Reginald J. S. Pigott. [13] Brown also served as member of the John Fritz Medal Board of Award, and was director of the Centennial of Engineering exposition held in Chicago in 1952. [2]

Reginald James Seymour Pigott was a British/American mechanical and consulting engineer, director of the engineering division of Gulf Research & Development Company, a subsidiary of Gulf Oil, and inventor.

The John Fritz Medal has been awarded annually since 1902 by the American Association of Engineering Societies for "outstanding scientific or industrial achievements". The medal was created for the 80th birthday of John Fritz, who lived between 1822 and 1913.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Rockwell Dennis Hunt, Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez. California and Californians. Volume 4. 1926. p. 109
  2. 1 2 3 4 Obituary: J. Calvin Brown (1893-1973)." in: Mechanical Engineering, Volume 95. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1973. p. 93
  3. 1 2 William Richard Cutter. American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 51. Pub. under the direction of the American historical society, 1932. p. 328.
  4. ↑ Who's who in Los Angeles County, Who's Who in Los Angeles County, Publishers, 1932. p. 52.
  5. ↑ United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents, Hearings. 1924, p. 65
  6. ↑ United States. Congress. House. Hearings - Copyright. 1939. p. 77
  7. ↑ United States. U.S.Cong. House. Committee on patents. Preventing Publication of Inventions and Prohibiting Injuctions on Patents. Hearings...on H.R. 3359....and H.R. 3360...Feb. 20-April 23, 1941. p. 348.
  8. ↑ Power Engineering, Vol. 49. 1945. p. 168
  9. ↑ The Oil and Gas Journal, 1950. p. 56
  10. ↑ Modern Machine Shop, Volume 23. 1950. p. 272
  11. ↑ Petroleum Management, Volume 23. 1951. p. E-15
  12. ↑ Platts Power, Volume 89. 1945. p. 90
  13. ↑ Plant Management and Engineering. Volumes 3-4. 1951. p. 24
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