Johns-Manville and The Asbestos Institute
T.F. Merseles, the President of Montgomery Ward, left in 1928 to become President of asbestos manufacturer Johns Manville, taking Brown with him. Merseles died suddenly in 1930 and Brown was appointed president at the age of 35. He thereby became the youngest man ever to hold that position in the company's history. He was also President of the Asbestos Institute.
Brown was awarded the The Franklin Institute's Vermilye Medal in 1938. In April 1939, Brown was featured on the cover of Time Magazine, with the caption "Businessman Brown -- Public Relations Begins at Home."
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