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Caltech Mourns the Passing of Harold Brown
January 05, 2019
PASADENA, California, Jan. 5 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:

Harold Brown, who was Caltech president, emeritus; life member of the Caltech Board of Trustees; and former secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), passed away on January 4, 2019. He was 91 years old.

Brown was president of Caltech from 1969 until 1977. During his presidency, he made significant changes to the undergraduate curriculum, establishing programs in in . . .

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