Background
Brooks, Frederic Henry was born on November 26, 1934 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Estelle (Schwartz) Buckstein.
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Frederic Henry Brooks
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Education
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1956.
Career
Account executive, Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., New York City, 1957-1960;
account executive, Model, Roland & Stone, New York City, 1961;
executive vice president, Tower Universal Corporation, New York City, 1962;
president, SportsVision, Inc., New York City, 1963-1966;
vice president, 1st Hanover Corporation, New York City, 1966-1968;
executive vice president, Chartered New England Corporation, New York City, 1969;
president, Connecticut Economics Corporation, Greenwich, since 1969;
Chairman of the Board Premier Athletics Products Corporation, Rivervale and East Rutherford, New Jersey, 1973-1977;
Chairman of the Board, The Equilink Corporation, East Rutherford, 1977-1984;
chairman, chief Executive officer, Equilink Licensing Corporation, since 1988;
Chairman of the Board, MacGregor Sporting Goods, Inc. and subsidiary companies, East Rutherford, 1984-1989;
president, Riddell Sports Inc., since 1988;
chairman, chief Executive officer, Riddell, Inc., since 1988. Private sector delegate United States Government to Japanese Government, 1979. Member of advisory commission on consumer products Department Commerce, Washington, 1979-1987, chairman task force, 1984, member of advisory commission on custom matters, 1984-1987.
Vice chairman Athletic Institute, North Palm Beach, Florida, 1988. Chairman Ohio Cellular Corporation, Waseau, since 1991, All-American Sports, Elyria, Ohio, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors, member executive committee Caribbean/Latin American Action, Washington, since 1983, treasurer, since 1984, trustee, since 1984, chairman executive committee since 1986, president, since 1987. Trustee Vote America Foundation, since 1987. Member Presidential Advisory Board on Private Sector Initiatives, 1987-1988.
Board directors Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1984-1990, New York Youth Symphony Orchestra. Member President Reagan's official de. to observe Haitian elections, 1987. Member Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (board directors 1978-1983, vice chairman 1981-1983, chairman international trade committee 1982), World Federation Sporting Goods Industry (delegate Zurich, Switzerland since 1983), American Sports Education Institute (executive committee 1985).
Clubs: Princeton (New York City). Fairview Country (Greenwich, Connecticut). Republican Eagles (Washington).
Connections
Married Jane Peyser; children: Frederic H., Kate, Mark.
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Nationality
American