George Mercer Brooke

Background

Brooke, George Mercer was born on October 21, 1914 in Tokyo. Son of George Mercer and Isabel Elsie (Tilton) Brooke. (parents American citizens).

Education

Bachelor in Liberal Arts, Virginia Military Institute, 1936; Master of Arts in History, Washington and Lee University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy in History, U. North Carolina, 1955.

Career

Special agent, Maryland. Casualty Company, Baltimore, 1936-1941; history instructor, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, 1942-1943; from assistant professor to professor, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, 1948-1980; professor emeritus, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, since 1980; history instructor, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, 1946-1947.

Works

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• book

  • John M. Brooke, Naval Scientist and Educator

    (Charlottesville published Military History - Naval)

Membership

Chairman Citizen-Soldier Memorial Virginia Military Institute, 1983-1984, Sesquicentennialcelebration, 1986-1989. Unit president American Cancer Society, 1980-1982. President Stonewall Jackson area county Boy Scouts American, 1964-1967.

First lieutenant United States Army, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Sons of the American Revolution, Southern History Association, Association for Preservation Virginia Antiquities (branch president 1975-1977), Society of the Cincinnati (standing committee 1984-1987), Rockbridge History Society (president 1960-1962, author procs. 1989), English Speaking Union (branch president 1980-1982), International House of Japan, American Legion, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Alpha Order.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, reading, walking.

Connections

Married Frances Fleming Bailey, June 13, 1942. Children: George Mercer III, Marion Bailey BrookePhilpott.

Father:

George Mercer Brooke

Mother:

Isabel Elsie (Tilton) Brooke

Spouse:

Frances Fleming Bailey

child:

Marion Bailey BrookePhilpott Brooke

child:

George Mercer III Brooke