Dr. J. Larry Brown is currently the director of World Learning Center Oman. Formerly on the faculty of the Harvard School of Public Health, Brown chaired the Physician Task Force on Hunger in America, leading a team of prominent medical leaders on field investigations into half the states in the nation during the 1980s. Their work drew sustained national media attention, and led Congress to take steps to address the growing problem of hunger.
Brown is the immediate past chairman of the board of Oxfam America, and served as Assistant Director of Peace Corps/VISTA under President Carter. He also chaired the Medical Task Force of USA for Africa/Hands Across America and the former director of the National Center on Hunger and Poverty. Dr. Brown is the author of numerous articles in both lay and scientific journals, including Scientific American and The Encyclopedia Britannica Medical and Health Annual. He is the author of several books including Living Hungry in America (Macmillan and Mentor) and appears frequently on national television including "Nightline," "The Today Show" and "Good Morning America."
