During WWII, PFC Brooks was a member of Regimental HQ Company, 310th Infantry, 78th Division and served in the European Theater. SSM, BSM & PH medals
BROOKS--Hugh Campbell, on October 8 in Pembroke Pines, FL. Survived by his wife Beatrice Shelley, children Alison Brooks, Kirk and Stacey Shelley, Carol and Michael Fleischman, and grandchildren Adam, Jason, Mathew and Casi Jane. Donations may be made to the World Wildlife Fund..
Published in The New York Times on Oct. 11, 2008
Hugh Campbell Brooks was born in Seattle, Washington, on June 19, 1922. He served in the U.S. Army (1941-1946), where he was a member of Regimental HQ Company, 310th Infantry, 78th Division, and received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Silver Star for his service in the European Theater. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where he received the B.A. in 1947, and also studied at the University of Geneva in 1948. Brooks began teaching Geography at Oregon State University in Corvallis (1950-1951), and then taught at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he received the M.A. (1952) and Ed.D. (1954). His dissertation topic was "Directed Studies in Introductory College Geography." He also taught at Hunter College, 1952-1954.
A Fulbright award enabled Brooks to lecture at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa from 1955-1957, before he began teaching at Newark State College as an Associate Professor of Geography, 1957-1961. Brooks then joined the faculty of St. John's University in 1961 as Associate Professor of Geography and Director of their Center for African Studies. When the African Center was discontinued, Brooks was made a member of the History Department, where he remained until his retirement, and was the Department Chair in the 1980s.
Brooks' first wife, Savina Vicini, passed away in 1994. They had two children, Robert and Alison. (Robert "Bobby" Brooks was an entertainment agent who died in the same helicopter crash with Stevie Ray Vaughan.) Brooks then married Beatrice Shelley and lived in Pembroke Pines, Florida, until his death in 2008.
BROOKS--Hugh Campbell, on October 8 in Pembroke Pines, FL. Survived by his wife Beatrice Shelley, children Alison Brooks, Kirk and Stacey Shelley, Carol and Michael Fleischman, and grandchildren Adam, Jason, Mathew and Casi Jane. Donations may be made to the World Wildlife Fund..
Published in The New York Times on Oct. 11, 2008
Hugh Campbell Brooks was born in Seattle, Washington, on June 19, 1922. He served in the U.S. Army (1941-1946), where he was a member of Regimental HQ Company, 310th Infantry, 78th Division, and received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Silver Star for his service in the European Theater. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where he received the B.A. in 1947, and also studied at the University of Geneva in 1948. Brooks began teaching Geography at Oregon State University in Corvallis (1950-1951), and then taught at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he received the M.A. (1952) and Ed.D. (1954). His dissertation topic was "Directed Studies in Introductory College Geography." He also taught at Hunter College, 1952-1954.
A Fulbright award enabled Brooks to lecture at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa from 1955-1957, before he began teaching at Newark State College as an Associate Professor of Geography, 1957-1961. Brooks then joined the faculty of St. John's University in 1961 as Associate Professor of Geography and Director of their Center for African Studies. When the African Center was discontinued, Brooks was made a member of the History Department, where he remained until his retirement, and was the Department Chair in the 1980s.
Brooks' first wife, Savina Vicini, passed away in 1994. They had two children, Robert and Alison. (Robert "Bobby" Brooks was an entertainment agent who died in the same helicopter crash with Stevie Ray Vaughan.) Brooks then married Beatrice Shelley and lived in Pembroke Pines, Florida, until his death in 2008.
During WWII, PFC Brooks was a member of Regimental HQ Company, 310th Infantry, 78th Division and served in the European Theater. SSM, BSM & PH medals
BROOKS--Hugh Campbell, on October 8 in Pembroke Pines, FL. Survived by his wife Beatrice Shelley, children Alison Brooks, Kirk and Stacey Shelley, Carol and Michael Fleischman, and grandchildren Adam, Jason, Mathew and Casi Jane. Donations may be made to the World Wildlife Fund..
Published in The New York Times on Oct. 11, 2008
Hugh Campbell Brooks was born in Seattle, Washington, on June 19, 1922. He served in the U.S. Army (1941-1946), where he was a member of Regimental HQ Company, 310th Infantry, 78th Division, and received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Silver Star for his service in the European Theater. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where he received the B.A. in 1947, and also studied at the University of Geneva in 1948. Brooks began teaching Geography at Oregon State University in Corvallis (1950-1951), and then taught at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he received the M.A. (1952) and Ed.D. (1954). His dissertation topic was "Directed Studies in Introductory College Geography." He also taught at Hunter College, 1952-1954.
A Fulbright award enabled Brooks to lecture at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa from 1955-1957, before he began teaching at Newark State College as an Associate Professor of Geography, 1957-1961. Brooks then joined the faculty of St. John's University in 1961 as Associate Professor of Geography and Director of their Center for African Studies. When the African Center was discontinued, Brooks was made a member of the History Department, where he remained until his retirement, and was the Department Chair in the 1980s.
Brooks' first wife, Savina Vicini, passed away in 1994. They had two children, Robert and Alison. (Robert "Bobby" Brooks was an entertainment agent who died in the same helicopter crash with Stevie Ray Vaughan.) Brooks then married Beatrice Shelley and lived in Pembroke Pines, Florida, until his death in 2008.
BROOKS--Hugh Campbell, on October 8 in Pembroke Pines, FL. Survived by his wife Beatrice Shelley, children Alison Brooks, Kirk and Stacey Shelley, Carol and Michael Fleischman, and grandchildren Adam, Jason, Mathew and Casi Jane. Donations may be made to the World Wildlife Fund..
Published in The New York Times on Oct. 11, 2008
Hugh Campbell Brooks was born in Seattle, Washington, on June 19, 1922. He served in the U.S. Army (1941-1946), where he was a member of Regimental HQ Company, 310th Infantry, 78th Division, and received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Silver Star for his service in the European Theater. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where he received the B.A. in 1947, and also studied at the University of Geneva in 1948. Brooks began teaching Geography at Oregon State University in Corvallis (1950-1951), and then taught at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he received the M.A. (1952) and Ed.D. (1954). His dissertation topic was "Directed Studies in Introductory College Geography." He also taught at Hunter College, 1952-1954.
A Fulbright award enabled Brooks to lecture at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa from 1955-1957, before he began teaching at Newark State College as an Associate Professor of Geography, 1957-1961. Brooks then joined the faculty of St. John's University in 1961 as Associate Professor of Geography and Director of their Center for African Studies. When the African Center was discontinued, Brooks was made a member of the History Department, where he remained until his retirement, and was the Department Chair in the 1980s.
Brooks' first wife, Savina Vicini, passed away in 1994. They had two children, Robert and Alison. (Robert "Bobby" Brooks was an entertainment agent who died in the same helicopter crash with Stevie Ray Vaughan.) Brooks then married Beatrice Shelley and lived in Pembroke Pines, Florida, until his death in 2008.
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