 He first worked for John Francis Neylan (William Randolph Hearst's general counsel) and then in 1949, became a partner at the firm of Cooley, Crowley and Gaither.Horace Rowan Gaither was commissioned by the Ford Foundation's Board of Trustees to create a series of studies to guide the Foundation's growth.In 1949, Gaither recruited Brown to serve as an Assistant Director of the Study for the Ford Foundation on Policy and Program.