Background
Brooks, Henry Harlow was born on March 31, 1871 in Medo, Minnesota, United States. Son of Daniel Walker and Katherine (Riley) Brooks.
Brooks, Henry Harlow was born on March 31, 1871 in Medo, Minnesota, United States. Son of Daniel Walker and Katherine (Riley) Brooks.
High School Minnesota. University of Oregon. Doctor of Medicine Department Medicine and Surgery, University of Michigan, 1895.
Post-graduate work, University of Freiburg, Polyclinic, Munich, Bavaria.
Honorary Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1929.
Assistant demonstrator anatomy, University of Michigan, 1894. Instructor histology and embryology, Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1895-1898. Instructor and assistant professor pathology and special pathology, 1898-1900, New York University, assistant professor clinical medicine, 1904-1911, professor clinical medicine, since 1912.
Visiting physical Bellevue Hospital.
Consultant physical City Hospital, Montefiore Hospital, Ossining Hospital, Union Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital, Greenwich Hospital. Consulting pathologist, Hackensack Hospital.
Civilian physician, United States Army, 1898-1899. Member 7th Regiment National Guard New York, 1896-1915.
Captain Medical Corps, 1899, retired.
Returned to active list as lieutenant colonel, chief surgeon 2d Division, July 1916. Placed on national guard reserve, January 1917. Commissioned major, Medical Roman Catholic, August 21, 1917.
Active service, September 7, 1917, medical chief Base Hospital, Camp Upton, Yaphank, Long Island.
Promoted lieutenant colonel, Medical Corps, United States of America, August 1918. Chief consultant in medicine, 1st Army American Expeditionary Force, later transferred to 2d Army American Expeditionary Force, November 1, 1918.
Transferred to staff, chief surgeon, 2d Army, American Expeditionary Force, January 1, 1919. Discharged, April 22, 1919.
Commissioned colonel, United States.R.C., October 14, 1919.
Trustee New York Pathology
Member 7th Regiment National Guard New York, 1896-1915.
Married Louise Dudley Davis, June 14, 1899.