After Fort Leavenworth, he was invited to be the Director of Benét Laboratories near Albany, New York. This was one of the Army’s research, development, and engineering laboratories that was responsible for developing complex armament systems. As the supervisor of 450 people, Brown had to make sure these civilian scientists and engineers were doing work helpful to the Army. Many of them, because of the highly technical nature of their work, were not used to being supervised. It was a busy, challenging job that he enjoyed.
But one day Brown decided he wanted to try teaching. He had always thought that he would enjoy teaching, but he had never had a chance to do it. He called a friend at the Air Force Academy and asked whether there were any openings. The next day he got a call from the personnel director of the math department saying that he was hired. Usually they would have flown him out for an interview, but they recognized that his background was very appropriate. So the Browns moved to Colorado.