Louis Brownlow

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Louis Brownlow (1879 - 1963) also known as Brownie was an author and consultant in the area of public administration in the United States. He was a major contributor to the creation of the modern Executive Office of the President through his work on the Brownlow Committee in 1937. He was the first Director of the Public Administration Clearing House at the University of Chicago, created in 1931.

Brownlow had a varied career which included work as a newspaper reporter until he was appointed commissioner of the District of Columbia by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915 after which he held a number of positions in public administration at both the state and federal levels of government.

Books by Louis Brownlow

• The President and the Presidency

[edit] References

Emmerich, Herbert (Dec., 1963), “Comment and Critique: Louis Brownlow and the American Society for Public Administration”, Public Administration Review 23 (4): 265-267 

Karl, Barry D. (Nov. - Dec., 1979), “Louis Brownlow (in Currents and Soundings: From the Professional Stream)”, Public Administration Review 39 (6): 511-516