Barry Brown ’36

Barry died July 3, 1995, in Arlington, Va., after surgery for an aortic aneurysm. He was 80.

He prepared at Moses Brown School in Providence, R.I. At Princeton he majored in history and was a member of Cannon Club. He was also a graduate of Columbia's School of Journalism.

His first job was with the news magazine Pathfinder in Washington, D.C. In 1942 he joined the Journal Bulletin of Providence, after having worked briefly for the Hornell (N.Y.) Evening Tribune. He served with the Army Transport Command in Greenland during WWII, then as a cryptographic officer in Iceland, England, and France. He retired from active duty as a captain.

In 1946 he returned to Providence writing editorials and news columns for the Journal Bulletin. During 1951-52, he was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard. In 1962 Barry settled in Washington, D.C., as a columnist and news analyst for the Voice of America, then did the same type of work for the U.S. Information Agency. He retired in 1980.

Barry is survived by his wife, Roberta, whom he married in 1946; sons David S., Jonathon B., and Victor D.; a daughter, Mrs. William O. Fink; and four grandchildren.

We will miss this friend and classmate.

The Class of 1936