HANK BROWN joined the Political Science Department in Fall 2008 as a full professor and as the first holder of the Quigg and Virginia S. Newton Endowed Chair in Leadership. Prior to joining the department, he served as President of the University of Colorado system from 2005-2008.  He has served as the President and CEO of the Daniels Fund, President of the University of Northern Colorado, U.S. Senator from Colorado, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Colorado’s 4^th Congressional District, and State Senator.  He has also served as Vice President of Montfort of Colorado. He is an attorney, with degrees from the University of Colorado Law School and George Washington University Law School. He served in the US Navy from 1962-66 and was decorated for his combat service in Vietnam as a forward air controller.  He is also a CPA, having graduated with a degree in accounting from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1961.