Winthrop Brown, Ex-Envoy to Laos, Korea, Dies at 79 From: The Washington Post | Date: May 27, 1987 | Copyright 1987 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Winthrop G. Brown, 79, a retired Foreign Service officer and a former ambassador to Laos and South Korea, died May 25 at his home in Washington. He had Parkinson's disease.

Mr. Brown went to work at the State Department in 1941. In the early part of his career, he was concerned mainly with economic questions, first in Europe and then in south Asia. In the second part of his career he dealt more with political questions, particularly in Asia.

He was deputy assistant secretary o...