Background
Tatum, Brooking Parsons was born on June 17, 1908 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Frederick Parsons and Miriam Putnam (Thomson) Tatum.
Tatum, Brooking Parsons was born on June 17, 1908 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Frederick Parsons and Miriam Putnam (Thomson) Tatum.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1931.
Sanitarian, field researcher, Madera ( California) County Health Department, 1937-1939; with medical detail, The Galen Company, Berkeley, 1940-1943; freelance photobiologist, Kelseyville, California, 1943-1956; freelance photobiologist, Burlingame, California, 1943-1956; laboratory assistant, technical editor Radio Propagation Laboratory, Stanford (California) U., 1956-1961; technical editor, GTE-Sylvania, Mountain View, California, 1961-1972; technical editor, Cons., Palo Alto, California, 1972-1974; editor, Naturegraph Publications, Healdsburg, California, 1974-1976.
With United States Marine Corps, 1932-1934.
Married Marion Elizabeth Diehl, August 29, 1936 (deceased May 1968). Married Haline Elizabeth Zacharzewski, November 6, 1968.