W. Brown Morton III, Hon. A.I.A. is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Historic Preservation, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
He is also an international historic preservation consultant and architectural conservator whose international projects include the UNESCO mission to develop the stabilization program for the imperial city of Hué, Vietnam after the 1968 Têt offensive, the UNESCO international campaign to safeguard Borobudur in Indonesia and the preparation of the World Heritage List nomination for the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal.
In 1995-96 he spent a sabbatical year with the American Research Center in Egypt developing a conservation program for the late-15th century Bayt al-Razzaz palace in Cairo. He has also advised the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land on the conservation of the Memorial of Moses at Mount Nebo in Jordan.
Brown Morton’s work as an architectural conservator throughout the United States has included projects for the preservation of the New York State Capitol in Albany, the New York City Hall, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, Kentucky.
Morton is the co-author of The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation Projects. He served as Chairman of the United States National Committee of ICOMOS (US/ICOMOS) from 1975 to 1979 and on the US/ICOMOS Executive Committee from 1975 to 1988
He received his Bachelor of Architectural History from the University of Virginia School of Architecture, and completed his graduate studies in architectural conservation with the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris.
Brown Morton is also a priest of the Episcopal Church.
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