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Neenah Man Was Retired WMPCO Chief Engineer Funeral services for Harold Hasley Brown will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Faith United Meth odist Church in Neenah with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Brown, 71, retired chief engi neer for the Wisconsin Michigan Power Company, resided at 648 Plummers Harbor, Neenah. He died Friday morning. Friends may call at the Westgor Funeral Home from 3 pm. Sunday until 11 am. Monday at the church and from noon Monday until the services. Brown served for 15 years as chief electrical engineer for WMPCO. He worked for the firm for 41 years before retiring In 1964. In 1965 he was named Engineer of the Year by the Wisconsin Society of Profession al Engineers. Neenah Native A native of Neenah, he re ceived his bachelor’s and mas ter’s degrees in electrical engi neering from the University of Wisconsin. Before joining the Wisconsin, Michigan Power Company in 1923 he worked for the Wiscon sin Power and Light Company and Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power Company. Brown became senior engin eer at the firm in 1935 and chief electrical engineer in 1948. He maintained the post until 1963 when named engineering con sultant on special assignments. He invented a radio - proof insulator for power lines and authored several technical pa pers. He also served on commit tees of the Wisconsin Utilities Association, and Fox Valley Section of the American Insti tute of Electrical Engineers. He was a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Wisconsin State Board of Professional Engi neers, Wisconsin Utilities Asso ciation, National Association of Power Engineers, International Association of Electrical In spectors, Engineer’s Society of Milwaukee; National Associa tion of Corrosion Engineers; American Radio Relay League and General Test Alumni Asso ciation. Listed in Who's Who He is listed in Who’s Who in engineering and the Internation al Who’s Who. Brown was a Boy Scout leader for 38 years. He took over troop 2 of the Valley Council in 1925, after serving as a scoutmaster in Madison. One of the first scoutmaster’s keys awarded by the Valley Council went to Brown in 1931. In 1945 he was presented the Silver Beaver Award, a national citation for adults in scouting. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. Brown also was ‘a member of the American Legion, YMCA, Nodaway Yacht Club and the Wisconsin Society [for Ornithology. Survivors are his widow, two daughters, two sons, two sisters, and eight grandchildren. Harold H. Brown
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Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Oct 17, 1970
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