News Release – October 1, 2009
Dr. Robert D. Brown, dean of the NC State University College of Natural Resources was recognized as a Fellow of The Wildlife Society (TWS) at the Society's 2009 annual meeting in Monterey, CA. The career award recognized Dr. Brown’s contributions to science and to The Wildlife Society.
After receiving a B.S. and Ph.D in animal nutrition, Dr. Brown served on the faculty of Texas A&I University in Kingsville and then as a research scientist for the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at that institution. Dr. Brown’s research focused on the development of antler growth in deer as a model for osteoporosis in elderly humans and on comparative wildlife nutrition and physiology. He has published over 120 articles and has edited three books on such species as White-tailed, Axis and Sika deer, Nilgai antelope, Javalina, and Bobwhite quail, as well as on higher education and conservation policy.
In addition to his research and classroom teaching, Dr. Brown has served as Head of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries at Mississippi State University and the Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Department at Texas A&M University. There he also served as Director of the Institute of Renewable Natural Resources (IRNR) and Coordinator of the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
Dr. Brown served The Wildlife Society as Southwest Section Representative, then national Vice President, President-Elect, President and Past President. He chaired numerous TWS committees including a successful $ 3 million fund-raising campaign. He has also been President of the National Association of University Fisheries and Wildlife Programs, Chair of their Section on Fish and Wildlife and their Board on Natural Resources, and Chair of the External Review Panel of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. He has served on the Board of the Texas Nature Conservancy and in an advisory capacity to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
In 2006, Dr. Robert Brown was appointed Dean of the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University, where he also serves on the Board of the North Carolina Forestry Association, the North Carolina Forestry Council, and the Center for Paper Business and Industry Science at Georgia Tech