Robert Brown of Pinole will be the first to bring the male perspective to the California Bowling Writers board of directors.

Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Robert says he was raised by Grandfather Brown and Aunt Helen Brown on a dairy farm with no indoor plumbing or electricity! Following graduation from High School in 1945 he joined the U.S. Navy. During the next eight years, after attending Navy schools, he was assigned to the USS Repose (a hospital ship in Tsingtao, China) as a scrub nurse and later transferred to the Marine Corp where he served as a medic during the Korean War. Following his discharge in 1953 he attended City College in Oakland and San Francisco State while working as a lab assistant for Pabco Corporation. He ultimately went to work for Chevron Research and Technology as a researcher in 1968 and retired from there in 1991.

Robert met his wife Pat in 1972 and says they successfully merged their families (his four and her two) and have lived happily ever since. He discovered bowling at Lucky 60 Lanes in San Pablo, joined the local bowling association in 1978 and proceeded to amass an impressive record of service to bowling. He served as Treasurer of the West Contra Costa Country BA for 11 years, President for two, and is a member of their Hall of Fame. He is currently a Vice President. Robert became a director of the California State Senior BA in 1987 and served as its president in 1993. He has managed the CSSBA Singles and Doubles tournament since 1989 and is in their Hall of Fame. A glutton for work - he is founder and editor of a monthly senior newsletter labeled Bowleton started in 1994, a contributing writer to Bowling World Newspaper, and a member of the National Women Bowling Writers. He has been an avid tournament supporter and delegate for over 26 years.

Robert and wife Pat attend various dances at least once a week and are members of the New Orleans Jazz Club of Northern California. He proudly admits to being the "designated dancer" at the women's annual BVL Pasta Feed and Dance. That's sort of like "dessert" at a woman's function!