Lee P. Brown

Dr. Lee P. Brown had a successful career in law enforcement for almost four decades before being elected the mayor of Houston, Texas on December 6, 1997. He served the maximum of three terms from 1998 to 2004 and was succeeded by Bill White. Brown is married to Frances Young, a teacher in the Houston Independent School District.

Lee Brown also served on the national scene as the "Drug Czar" for the Clinton administration. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate with a unanimous vote and was sworn-in to the cabinet-level post on June 21, 1993.

Prior to his Confirmation as ONDCP Director, Dr. Brown was a Professor at Texas Southern University and Director of the university's Black Male Initiative Program.

Brown is past President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and is involved in a number of professional and community organizations.

Career

• 1960 patrolman in San Jose, California.
• 1968 Established the Department of Administration of Justice at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon
• 1972 Associate Director of the Institute for Urban Affairs and Research at Howard University in Washington, D.C. (held the academic rank of Professor of Public Administration and Director of Criminal Justice Programs)
• 1975 Sheriff, Multnomah County
• 1976 Director of Justice Services, a department comprised of all the county's criminal justice agencies.
• 1978 – 1982 Public Safety Commissioner, Atlanta, Georgia
• 1982 – 1990 Chief of Police, Houston, Texas
• 1990 – 1992 Police Commissioner, New York City
• 1993 Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).

Awards

• 1993 – Gallup Hall of Fame by Gallup, Inc.
• 1992 – Cartier Pasha Award from Cartier International
• 1991 – Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Committee

Education

• Doctorate in Criminology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970
• Masters in Criminology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1968
• Masters in Sociology from San Jose State University in 1964
• Bachelors in Criminology from Fresno State University in 1961.

Publications

• Many articles and papers on police management, community policing, crime and the criminal justice system
• co-author of Police and Society; An Environment for Collaboration and Confrontation