James J. Browne

James J. Browne is a former President of NUI Galway. Appointed in 2008, he served a ten-year term, completed in January 2018. He is himself an engineering graduate of the University.
Honours.
Browne is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and a Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering.
Browne has received the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques from the French Ambassador in Ireland, H.E. Jean-Pierre Thébault.
Family.
Browne is married to Maeve. The couple have four sons: Lorcan, Shane, Ronan and Fergus, all of whom attended St Joseph's Patrician College and all of whom became engineering graduates during Browne's time as President of NUI Galway.
He is the brother of Raymond Browne, the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry.