Peter Campbell Brown, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPeter Campbell Brown
American lawyer
Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1913
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 23-Jul-1994
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Peter Campbell Brown
- Peter Campbell Brown (12 August 1913 – 23 July 1994) was a corporation counsel for New York City and a Justice Department official. Brown was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Peter Paul Brown and Ellen Campbell, and grew up in Bay Ridge.
- He received an A.B.
- from Fordham University in 1935 and LL.B.
- from Fordham in 1938.
- In 1951, he received a doctorate in law from St.
- Bonaventure University.
- After graduating from Fordham in 1938, Brown practiced law in Brooklyn until 1941.
- As an Army officer in World War II, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and formed a close friendship with Robert F.
- Wagner, Jr., who later became godfather to one of his children.
- In 1946, Brown was an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
- He was first assistant in the criminal division of the Department of Justice in 1947-1948, and special assistant to the United States Attorney General in 1949-1950.
- In 1950, he was appointed to the Subversive Activities Control Board by President Harry S.
- Truman.
- He was the Board's chairman in 1952 and 1953.After resigning from the Subversive Activities Control Board, Brown joined the administration of New York City mayor Robert F.
- Wagner, Jr.
- as Commissioner of Investigations in 1954-1955.
- He was appointed corporation counsel in 1955 and held that post until 1958.
- Brown returned to the private sector in 1958, practicing civil, criminal and corporate law in New York City.
- In 1978, he began practicing on his own.
- Over the years, his clients included Vince Lombardi, Sugar Ray Robinson and other sports figures.Brown was married to Joan Gallagher for 51 years.
- They had five children.
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