Name: Celebration of Life for James Clayton Browne
Start: 2018-02-10T22:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Westwood Country Club

BROWNE, James Clayton Age 83, of Austin, passed away Jan. 19, 2018. Services pending. Weed-Corley-Fish North Lamar, Austin, TX

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Published by Austin American-Statesman on Jan. 22, 2018.

Memories and Condolences
for James Browne

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27 Entries

Dallas Webster

January 17, 2022

We miss and remember you often, J.C., but are everyday benefit from having known, worked for and played with you.

Daniel Canas

May 22, 2018

I owe my academic career to JC's guidance as my professor, PhD advisor and friend. I was very fortunate to have mer JC and to have worked with him. He touched many lifes, and spread wisdom all over Taylor Hall, with his enrgetic yet always smiling personality. The academic world lost one of his finest.

Lois Christensen

February 11, 2018

John and I felt we were so honored to have known Jim if only for a very short time. He was a kind, soft spoken wonderful family man. His life contributed so much to us and he will be greatly missed. God must have needed another angel in Heaven so he took Jim Browne from us. Rest In Peace.

Suna Mcguire

February 9, 2018

I only knew Jim for a short time. When I met Jim and Gayle and saw his love for his wife it touched my heart deeply. I knew it then, he was a fine gentleman, still full of life. He still had a spark in his eyes that made me admire him and enjoyed seeing him once a week. I'm sure he will be missed a lot, he was a kind soul. My condolences to the family.

Suna & Jonothon McGuire

Dallas Webster -- Friend & Coworker

February 8, 2018

Noel Barnard, former CEO at SES/HyPerformix, triggered a vivid, warm memory of some wise, vintage guidance from Dr. Browne, which I want to share:

Have fun, make a little money, make the world a better place.

Many friends and colleagues were fortunate enough to hear some variant of this in person and may remember, and appreciate hearing and reflecting on, it again.

He did it all, and motivated so many others do it as well.

Also, the following link will take you on a nice historic journey, with some photos:

https://web2.ph.utexas.edu/utphysicshistory/JamesCBrowne.html

February 7, 2018

We were shocked and saddened by Jim's passing. Diana and my deepest sympathy to Gayle, Clay, Duncan, Valerie and the grandchildren.

I met Jim Browne when we were both graduate students in physical chemistry at UT some six decades ago. He has been one of my closest friends over the years.

When we were students, we played as partners in several duplicate bridge tournaments on campus. I don't recall us ever winning but we came in second a few times and earned some master points.

Jim told me on several occasions how much he enjoyed teaching and working with his graduate students. From the many Guest Book messages from his students it is clear the feeling was mutual.

Jim was a truly exceptional individual with so many fine qualities. I enjoyed his wry sense of humor. He could come up with a country boy quip, appropriate for almost any situation.

We live in Houston and Jim and I used to talk on the phone every few weeks to keep each other up to speed.

We normally travel to Austin on business three or four times a year. When we did we always made it a point to have dinner with Jim and Gayle. It was always such a pleasure.

I loved and admired Jim Browne and I will miss him a lot.

Bob Ayers

Melvin Oakes

February 6, 2018

Jim was colleague and friend. His importance to computing at the University can not be overstated. His creative guidance shepherded the computing center through its beginning and its vital role in the life of the University. All this and a gentleman too, who could ask for more. Will greatly miss his smiling face and genuine interest in those he met. My condolences to the family.

Gail Wilson. Weitzenkorn

February 5, 2018

=I have known Jim since he and Gayle dated. (Gayle and I were childhood friends through our mothers). Jim Browne loved life and life embraced this unique gentleman . A multi talented man with extreme intelligence, and loving heart .Always with a twinkle in his eyes. His positive attitude and since of humor spread in many directions having an effect on us all . He and Gail have been a blessing in my life, I will miss him throughout the rest of my mine. My thoughts are with you, Gayle, Duncan, Clay and Valerie and family! Our loss is heavens gain. With love , Gail wilson

Miren Carranza

February 4, 2018

I am deeply grateful for Jim Browne and his influence on my life as well as on my children's lives. Jim Browne welcomed me and my (then) two small children to UT's Computer Sciences' Department and to Austin in November 1981. Shortly after our arrival from Caracas, Venezuela, we were enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner at the Brownes home, then in Mt Barker Dr. J C became my mentor during my time at UT and later in my professional career. As my children grew he also became their mentor. He was an amazing human being and quite a role model. Thank you so very much Jim Browne and a huge hug to the family especially to Gayle. Miren Carranza.

Ajita John

February 3, 2018

Prof. Browne was my dissertation advisor in the 1990s. I met him about a year after I moved to the US from India, and he was my rock providing me with the guidance, support, and stability I needed. His academic perspective was unique because of his diverse training. I have fond memories of his gentle wit and reflections on life. He touched many lives including mine. Rest in peace. My deepest condolences to his family.

Karen

January 30, 2018

My deepest sympathy to the family and friends. The God of comfort will help you all during this difficult time.

Brett Berlin

January 30, 2018

The email from a close friend and colleague, who saw the news of Dr. Jim Browne's 'homegoing' into eternity, took my breath away! ...and my eyes now well up with gentle tears of gratefulness, at the realization of the great gift God gave me just last month; to walk with him in Austin one last time for an afternoon stroll across UT computer science and engineering campus wonders of today (compared to the venue in which he and I collaborated 1974-78). After (in the wake of my own health problems from a major injury) not seeing Jim and Gayle but once in the last 18 years (for very special (but too short) personal time at Supercomputing 2010) -- not having the opportunity to visit the school and TACC which quite literally are part of his UT physical legacy -- for as many years, WHAT A GIFT I RECEIVED AS Jim's last investment in my life.

Jim and I met in 1972, while he was consulting to the Air Force. He invited me, one day, to come to Austin and engage in a direct to CS PhD program as his personal student. I recall being both startled and honored, then, but when the Air Force agreed, and I began my assignment in Southeast Asia prior to coming to Austin, my life already was changed forever. From then, through our last remarkable meeting, my life was enriched, blessed, challenged, deepened, and moved to vision and aspiration. Any student who has been close to Jim as a long-term student transformed into lifetime colleague, certainly will relate and possibly fully appreciate the depth of my JCB experiences.

I often share with students, colleagues, and friends -- even new acquaintances when conversations about life and purpose deepen -- that, "A message prepared in a mind, reaches a mind; A life story forged through a life, changes a life." Dr. J.C. Browne shared his life; and this changed... and continued to change, my life."

My final note to Jim (& his beloved Gayle, family): Philippians 1:2-6 ...God's work is finished in JCB; the baton is in our hands now.

Vincent Fernandes

January 29, 2018

Gillian and my deepest condolences to Dr. Browne's family. I first met Dr. Browne in his graduate class in Operating Systems in the fall of 1978. Over the next six years he became a teacher, member of my dissertation committee, mentor, and manager (at Information Research Associates). I learned many lessons from Dr. Browne over the years but most importantly not to tolerate any technical BS. Goodbye and God speed Dr. Browne, you will be missed. Vincent

Dan Eckam

January 29, 2018

My sincere condolences to the family of J.C., who was one of my professors at UT in the early '90s. He was a great, generous man and teacher. It was my privilege to learn from him and to enjoy his company several times during the last 12 years since I got to know his son Clay. He will be sorely missed.

Thomas Wahl

January 29, 2018

As a former student of prof. Browne's, I am deeply saddened by this news. I had known him for a number of years and learned to appreciate him as a warm-hearted yet intellectually sharp person. My own academic work carries his signature, both literally and figuratively speaking. I will never forget the meetings we had in the office up under the roof of Taylor Hall at UT Austin (he never used the elevators to get there), crammed full with books and papers.

Edward Chuah

January 28, 2018

I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Professor Emeritus James C. Browne. I have worked with Jim Browne for many years and I have lost a mentor and a good friend. My condolences to Gayle and Jim's family. My prayers and thoughts are with you especially at this difficult time.

Regina Zeyzus

January 28, 2018

Clay, I am so very sorry for your loss. I can tell from the obituary that your dad was a very special man to countless people, and so talented and intelligent. May you find comfort in the warm embrace of friends and family, and in the many happy memories of your dear father.

All my sympathy,

Regina Zeyzus

The Websters: Dallas, Diana & Canine Cuties (always welcome at SES)

January 27, 2018

We offer our deepest condolences to J.C.'s family. He ranks high on my list of unforgettable people, as our relationship progressed from Dr. Browne to Jim and J.C. He was a great man, researcher, developer, teacher, boss, colleague and friend. He was both wise and smart, yet humble; nice, sweet and gracious, yet driven.

He was definitely a throwback and about as down home as you can get: plaid shirt, flat top haircut etc. I could imagine that he always carried that proverbial slide rule and abacus with him, and maybe some pencils in a pocket protector.

However, his thinking was always forward. I worked for and with him at SES, which I often called "the longest living start-up company," as it retained an almost romantic synergy. It was such a pleasure to work with J.C. He pulled me into about as symbiotic an R&D environment with as talented a staff, with which I have been associated. He was able to get people to believe in a vision and do hard and dedicated work on leading-edge research, producing distributing and supporting real, hardened products, all while enjoying it.

I last saw J.C. just over a year ago at an IRA/SES/HyPerformix/CA reunion breakfast at Trudy's Texas Star, which may have been a hangout during the early days of IRA. I organized that event at his request, to coincide with 50th anniversary of the birth of U.T.'s Computer Science Dept. Jim -- everyone, for that matter -- deeply appreciated this gathering, had a great time and wanted have further such SES events.

We stayed in touch, as he began his new adventures at Brookdale, shortly thereafter. We continued discussing another reunion, which he hoped could be at his Guadalupe River home. I never anticipated he would leave us so soon. So I guess we will give him that reunion on Feb. 11.

He will greatly missed, but so well remembered.

Norma & Wallace Tate

January 26, 2018

Wallace and I first met Jim and Gayle when they visited the "Let's Dance " club at the senior center. We invited them to sit with us and a sweet, friendly relationship began. A very delightful couple and fun to be with. Gayle, we love you and pray for God's love and peace to comfort you and your family.

Wallace & Norma Tate, Friends, Austin, TX

Krishna Kavi

January 26, 2018

I had the great privilege of working with Professor Brown on some research projects supported by federal funding and co-authoring some papers. He was a wonderful mentor who shaped my career. He will be missed all his former students and colleagues.

Kiran Somalwar

January 25, 2018

My condolences to Dr. Jim Browne's family and friends. It was an honor to have him as my mentor and guide during the 2 years I was in Austin. I always admired his calm presence, even temperament, and ability to be jovial in the moment.

Margaret & Paul Gosselink

January 25, 2018

We consider one of the wonderful surprises we received on moving into Judge's Hill was meeting Jim Browne. Positive, thoughtful and wise, we enjoyed every encounter. Gayle, Clayton & family please know you all in our thoughts and prayers.

Raju Pandey

January 25, 2018

My sincerest condolences to Gayle and Jim's family. Jim was my dissertation advisor and so much more than that. He taught me what it means to be a teacher, what it means to be a scholar, and more importantly, what it means to be a good human being. Jim was kind and generous - a person with great sense of humor, with ready smiles and with twinkles in those eyes. We will miss you, Dr. Browne. Thank you for all your kindness and your mentorship. I hope I have passed on some of these values to my students.

January 25, 2018

A pleasure in my life is to have introduced Jim Browne and Gayle Mosley sixty years ago - a memorable marriage and love story. And, dear friends.

What can I say about Jim Browne that is not recognized by all who knew him? He was a true gentleman, a worldly citizen and had a fine and driving curiosity. How fortunate we are to have been a part of his being.

Sarah Jane Lueth

Sally and Mike Ward

January 25, 2018

Sincerest condolences to Gayle and Jim's family on the loss of a stellar gentleman, a wonderful neighbor and an engaging and thoughtful friend. With the rest of the residents in Judges Hill, we mourn his passing.

Phoebe Allen

January 25, 2018

My sympathy to Jim's family and friends. He was a gentleman of wit and wisdom. It was a pleasure and privilege for this fellow Arkansan to work with the Brownes on the history of their Judges Hill home.

Leisa Emerson

January 24, 2018

He was a true gentleman in every sense of the word. What an honor and a pleasure it was for me to call him friend. My husband, Allen, considered him a mentor and came home often telling Jim Browne stories. His emotional intelligence was far more impressive than his academic achievements. He dearly loved Gayle.

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