William H. Brown III

William Brown
Chairperson of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
In office May 5, 1969 – December 23, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	John Powell
Succeeded by	Clifford Alexander
Personal details
Born	(1928-01-19) January 19, 1928 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Temple University University of Pennsylvania

William H. Brown III (born January 19, 1928) is an American lawyer.

Brown was appointed to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968 and named its Chairman by President Richard Nixon in 1969. He was the fourth Chairman of the EEOC from May 5, 1969 to December 23, 1973.

Other websites

• His professional biography on the Schnader web page. Archived 2016-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
• A biography of Brown published on the 35th anniversary of the EEOC. Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Letter Brown wrote at the end of his tenure with the EEOC, published on the 35th anniversary of the organization. Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
• An article from the July 20, 2007 edition of The Legal Intelligencer on the law firm of Norris Schmidt Green Harris Higginbotham & Brown.
• Records from Temple University's Urban Archives on the Philadelphia Special Investigation (MOVE) Commission. Archived 2009-01-11 at the Wayback Machine