Background
Whitehurst, Brooks Morris was born on April 9, 1930 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David Brooks andBessie Ann (Lowry) W.
Whitehurst, Brooks Morris was born on April 9, 1930 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David Brooks andBessie Ann (Lowry) W.
Bachelor of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1951.
Senior process assistant American Enka Corporation, Lowland, Tennessee, 1951-1956. Senior process development engineer Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation, Richmond, Virginia, 1956-1963. Project engineer Texaco Incorporated., Richmond, 1963-1966.
Manager engineering services Texasgulf, Incorporated., Aurora, North Carolina, 1967-1980, manager special projects, long range planning, 1980-1981.
President Whitehurst Associations, Incorporated, New York Bern, North Carolina, 1981. Instructor, lecturer, consultant alternative sources of energy community colleges universities.
Presenter paper Solar World Forum, Brighton, England, 1981. Company-chairman North Carolina state superintendent task force on secondary education, 1974.
Member North Carolina Personnel.
Common for Public School Employees. Member North Carolina state advising committee on trade and industrial education, 1971-1977. Chairman Governor"s Task Force Volunteers in Workplace, 1981.
Chairman State Advisory Council Career Education, 1977.
Governor"s liaison for education and business, 1978-1979. Registered profile engineer, North Carolina.
Member North Carolina Personnel. Common for Public School Employees. Member North Carolina state advising committee on trade and industrial education, 1971-1977.
Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Institute Chemists (certified, board directors 1980-1984), North Carolina Institute Chemists (president 1975-1977), National Society Professional Engineers, North Carolina Society Professional Engineers, Royal Society Chemistry.
Achievements include patents, and current work on biodegradable chelate systems, muncipal yard waste disposal, micronutrients for agriculture, wasterubber recycling, conversion of industrial by-products containing manganese and phosphorus to useful non-toxic materials for use in agriculture for environmental clean-up.
Married Carolyn Sue Boyer, July 4, 1951. Children: Garnett, Anita, Robert.