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Spencer Kellogg Brown was born August 17, 1842, in Belleville, New York. He was the son of New York abolitionist Orville Chester Brown (1811–1904), who moved his family to Kansas and took part in the founding of Osawatomie .
The Brown Shipbuilding Company was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1942 as a subsidiary of Brown and Root (now KBR) by brothers Herman and George R. Brown to build ships for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Brown Shipbuilding Company ranked 68th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. [1]
In 2001, Halliburton KBR (KBR), formerly Kellogg Brown & Root acquired GVA Consultants AB from British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) for an undisclosed amount." [2] Halliburton KBR was the engineering and construction segment of Halliburton, the world's largest provider of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries.
Kellogg has consistently toured since then, billed simply as “Stephen Kellogg." Past members of the Sixers have joined him on stage occasionally. In 2013, Kellogg gave a TEDx talk about job satisfaction. [4] Its YouTube video has gained over 200,00 views. [5] On February 12, 2016, Kellogg released the album South, West, North, East.
She described one of the Halliburton contracts (secret, no-bid contracts awarded to Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR)—a subsidiary of Halliburton) as "the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career". [1]
Marie Austen Winthrop (1873–1952), [11] [17] who married Morris Woodruff Kellogg, founder of Kellogg Brown & Root, in 1910. [ 18 ] Henry Rogers Winthrop Jr. (1876–1958), [ 19 ] a banker who married Alice Woodword Babcock (1877–1941), daughter of Henry Denison Babcock, in 1905.
George Rufus Brown (May 12, 1898 – January 22, 1983) was a prominent Houston entrepreneur. With his brother Herman, Brown led Brown & Root Inc. to become one of the largest construction companies in the world and helped to foster the political career of Lyndon B. Johnson.
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