Background
Kelley, Brooks Mather was born on August 18, 1929 in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States. Son of Phelps Kelley and Mary Louise (Cotton) Haffner.
Kelley, Brooks Mather was born on August 18, 1929 in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States. Son of Phelps Kelley and Mary Louise (Cotton) Haffner.
Bachelor, Yale University, l953; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, l956; Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of Chicago, l96l.
Instructor history, Yale University, New Haven, 1961-1964; assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1964-1967; lecturer, research associate, now research affiliate in history, Yale University, New Haven, since 1967; curator history manuscripts, University archivist, Yale University, New Haven, 1964-1966. Visiting professor Brown U., Providence, 1969-1970. History consultant television series Freedom to Speak, Station WQED, Pittsburgh, 1983, Random House Dictionary of the English Language, 2d edition, 1987.
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President New Haven Preservation Trust, l975-78, Connecticut Fund for Environmental, New Haven and Hartford, l987—. Treasurer Foote School, New Haven, l975-78. Finance chairman Frank Logue for Mayor, New Haven, l975.
With Army of the United States, l948-49. Member American History Association, Organization American Historians, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, Yale Club New York City, American Association of University Professors, Mory's Association.
Married Jean Marie Russell, December 22, 1956 (divorced 1979). Children: Brooks R., John H., Todd R. Married Suzanne Gray Burbank, September 19, 1980.