Alonzo Beecher Brooks

Background

Brooks, Alonzo Beecher was born on May 6, 1873 in French Creek, West Virginia, United States. Son of Adolphus and Josephine (Phillips) Brooks.

Education

Business course West Virginia, Wesleyan College, 1900. Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, West Virginia University, 1912.

Career

Began as farmer, 1885. Surveyor, 1890-1895, school teacher, 1895. Forester West Virginia Geological Survey, 1910-1911, West Virginia Experiment Station, 1913-1915, West Virginia State Department Agriculture, 1916-1917.

Forest pathologist United States Department of Agriculture, 1917-1921.

Chief game protector State West Virginia, 1921-1928. Naturalist Oglebay Institute since 1928.

Achievements

• Alonzo Beecher Brooks has been listed as a noteworthy naturalist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society American Foresters, Upper Ohio Valley History Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Alpha. Club: Wheeling Rotary.

Connections

Married Nellie R. Coburn, June 22, 1899.