Established in 1973 by the Brown Foundation and Ralph S. O'Connor
The BROWN FOUNDATION, based in Houston, Texas, was founded in 1951 by Margrett Root Brown, Herman Brown, Alice Pratt Brown, and George R. Brown. Herman and George Brown co-founded Brown & Root Inc., a construction company with subsidiary oil, gas, mining, and real estate companies. The foundation supports education, the arts and humanities, health and medicine, and community service. In the field of education, the foundation focuses its support on non-traditional and innovative approaches to the improvement of public education.
RALPH S. O'CONNOR, A&S 1951, a former University trustee, is a successful Houston entrepreneur, civic leader, and philanthropist. He serves as chairman and chief executive officer of Ralph S. O'Connor Associates. Mr. O'Connor, who was honored with a University President's Medal in 1981, has supported the Walter Stark Chair in Ophthalmology, endowed scholarships for Krieger School students and supported construction of the student recreation center on the Homewood campus, dedicated in 2002, and named in his honor.
SAUL ROSEMAN, the Ralph S. O'Connor Professor of Biology, who has twice chaired the Department of Biology, joined the Hopkins faculty in 1965. Dr. Roseman is widely recognized for contributing to the understanding of carbohydrate metabolism and transport, as well as the mechanisms by which signals are transmitted from the environment to the cell. Dr. Roseman is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has received many other honors, including the Gairdner Foundation International Award, an NIH MERIT Award, the Rosenstiehl Award from Brandeis University, and an honorary M.D. from the University of Lund in Sweden.
RALPH S. O'CONNOR, A&S 1951, a former University trustee, is a successful Houston entrepreneur, civic leader, and philanthropist. He serves as chairman and chief executive officer of Ralph S. O'Connor Associates. Mr. O'Connor, who was honored with a University President's Medal in 1981, has supported the Walter Stark Chair in Ophthalmology, endowed scholarships for Krieger School students and supported construction of the student recreation center on the Homewood campus, dedicated in 2002, and named in his honor. 
SAUL ROSEMAN, the Ralph S. O'Connor Professor of Biology, who has twice chaired the Department of Biology, joined the Hopkins faculty in 1965. Dr. Roseman is widely recognized for contributing to the understanding of carbohydrate metabolism and transport, as well as the mechanisms by which signals are transmitted from the environment to the cell. Dr. Roseman is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has received many other honors, including the Gairdner Foundation International Award, an NIH MERIT Award, the Rosenstiehl Award from Brandeis University, and an honorary M.D. from the University of Lund in Sweden.