Background

Brooks, Edward Morgan was born on March 19, 1916 in New Haven. Son of Charles Franklin and Eleanor Merritt (Stabler) Brooks.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics cum laude, Harvard University, 1937. Master of Science in Aeronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939. Doctor of Science in Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1945.

Career

Observer Mount Washington Observatory, Gorham, New Hampshire, summer 1933. Weather analyst Pan American Airways, Pearl City, Hawaii, 1939-1940, forecaster and meteorology instructor San Francisco, 1940, Coral Gables, Florida, 1941-1942. Graduate meteorology teaching assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1942-1946.

Meteorology professor Saint Louis University, Missouri, 1946-1961. Meteorologist various high technical industries, Boston, 1961-1967. Professor meteorology State University of New York, Plattsburgh, New York, 1967-1968.

Visiting professor meteorology National Taiwan University, Taipei, 1972-1973, University São Paulo, Brazil, 1975-1976, KIng Abdul Aziz University, Jedda, Saudi Arabia, 1981-1984. Lecturer meteorology Boston College Weston (Massachusetts) Observatory, 1965-1967. Professor meteorology and astronomy Boston College Main Campus, Chestnut HIll, Massachusetts, 1968-1981, adjunct professor, 1986-1998.

Weather forecaster for crop futures markets, Longstreet and Abbott Company, University City, Missouri, 1954. Weather broadcaster Channel 5 television, St. Louis, 1956-1957. Eclipse climatologist McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Florissant, Missouri, 1959.

Meteorological consultant Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis, 1946-1961.

Achievements

• Edward Morgan Brooks has been listed as a noteworthy meteorologist, astronomer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Ward 7 Democratic Committee, Newton, Massachusetts, since 1963, Green Decade Coalition, Newton, since 1990. Member American Meteorological Society (certified consulting meteorologist), American Geophysical Union (life member) Mount Washington Observatory (life trustee), Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Singing, piano, hiking, observing solar eclipses by navigating cruise ships.

Connections

Married Sarah Karena Bergh, December 24, 1941. Children: Karena, Daniel, Roxana, Valerie, Marita, Bernard, Larimore, Galen.

Father:

Charles Franklin Brooks

Mother:

Eleanor Merritt (Stabler) Brooks

Spouse:

Sarah Karena Bergh

child:

Valerie Brooks

child:

Karena Brooks

child:

Daniel Brooks

child:

Galen Brooks

child:

Larimore Brooks

child:

Bernard Brooks

child:

Marita Brooks

child:

Roxana Brooks