During World War II Robert H. Brown was a research engineer for the Sylvania Electric Products Company. From 1947 to 1970 he chaired the Physics Department and later served as vice president for administration at Walla Walla College in College Place, Washington. After a few years as president of his alma mater, Union College, in Lincoln, Nebraska, he became director the Geoscience Research Institute. Since retirement in 1980 he has continued research in radioactive dating methods and has published on topics related to creation and evolution. His Ph.D. in physics is from the University of Washington.