Theodore L. Brown Credit:
Courtesy of the Brown family
Theodore L. Brown, 97, of North Branford, Connecticut, died March 24, 2026.
“Ted was a wonderful teacher, mentor, researcher, administrator, writer, and outstanding inorganic chemist.”—Catherine Murphy, colleague
Most recent title: Professor emeritus of chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Education: BS, chemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1950; PhD, chemistry, Michigan State University, 1956
Survivors: Children, Mary M. Coffield, Karen Kane, Jennifer Brown, and Andrew Brown; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren
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