Interviewee: Paul Browne

Interviewer: Gus Nolan and Anne Matheus

Interview Date: May 6, 2024

Summary:  Paul Browne talks about his early personal life in the Bronx before attending Marist College. He talks about his time at Marist, as well as the different people who supported him through his undergraduate experience which includes becoming editor-in-chief of the Marist newspaper, The Circle, and studying abroad for a year in Colombia. He then went to Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and talks about his chance encounter with an undercover KGB agent and his subsequent reporting to the FBI. He also gives various stories from his professional career including working as a journalist, Chief of Staff for senator Pat Moynihan, Deputy Commissioner of the New York Police Department, and Vice President of public affairs and communications at Notre Dame University..