'''Richard G. Brown''' was a prominent mathematician and the author of one of the most famous high-school advanced mathematics text books, ''"Advanced Mathematics: Precalculus With Discrete Mathematics and Data Analysis"''. He is the father of best seller (''The_Da_Vinci_Code'') American author Dan_Brown. Richard taught high school mathematics at Phillips_Exeter_Academy from 1962 until his retirement in 1997. His other affiliations include the Newton_High_School in Massachusetts, the University_of_New_Hampshire, Arizona_State_University, and the North_Carolina_School_for_Science_and_Mathematics during the school year beginning in 1983. Richard had been offered a job at the National_Security_Agency at one time, but declined due to his desire to not move his family out of New Hampshire. He is currently a member of the COMAP Consortium Council, he is an active participant in professional mathematics organizations and the author of mathematics texts and journal articles. In 2004, he was chosen by President George_H.W._Bush to receive the "Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching". http://phillips.exeter.edu/ei/news/news_danbrown.html ==See also== * Dan_Brown {{mathematician-stub}} Brown, Richard Brown, Richard Brown, Richard