Ph.D. Geology, University of Wisconsin, 1955

M.S. Geology, University of Wisconsin, 1953

B.S., Cum Laude, Geology, Baylor University, 1951

Emeritus Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1990–Present

Present Position: International Consultant (Geological Training and Industrial Consulting), 1989–Present

Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1984–1989

Associate Director of Research, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1971–1984

Brown, L. F., Jr., Loucks, R. G., and Treviño, R. H., 2003, Developing high-frequency chronostratigraphic basinal frameworks using sequence stratigraphy calibrated with internationally accepted isotopic and biostratigraphic ages, Corpus Christi region, Texas (abs.), in Segundo Simposio de Bioestratigrafía en la Exploración Petrolera de México y Exposición, June 19-21, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México: PEMEX Exploración y Produccion, unpaginated, CD-ROM.

Brown, L. F., Jr., Loucks, R. G., and Treviño, R. H., 2003, Revisiting mature fields with modern technology and geologic concepts: examples from the Frio of South Texas (ext. abs.), in Structure and stratigraphy of South Texas and northeast Mexico: applications to exploration: Gulf Coast Section SEPM Foundation and South Texas Geological Society, p. 289-291.

Brown, L. F., Jr., Benson, J. M., Brink, G. J., Doherty, S., Jollands, A., Jungslager, E. H. A., Keenan, J. H. G., Muntingh, A., and Van Wyk, N. J. S., 1995, Sequence stratigraphy in offshore South African divergent basins-an atlas of exploration for Cretaceous lowstand traps by Soekor Ltd.: AAPG Studies in Geology 41, 165 figs., 184 p.

Brown, L. F., Jr., compiler, 1992, Geologic map of Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:500,000.

Brown, L. F., Jr., 1991, Discussion on Chronostratigraphic subdivision of the Witwatersrand Basin based on a Western Transvaal composite column: South African Journal of Geology, v. 94, nos. 5/6, November, p. 400-401.

AAPG & Dean A. McGee Foundation, International Distinguished Lecturer, Near- and Mid-East, 1994 - 1995

Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1993

Who's Who in Technology Today, 1993

Professor Emeritus, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1990

Monroe G. Cheney Science Award for "significant contributions to petroleum geology in the Southwest US." Presented by the Southwest Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1990

L. Frank Brown, Jr., Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin
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