Background
James, Herman Brooks was born on August 27, 1912 in near Oakboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Martin L. and Carrie Ellen (Brooks) James.
James, Herman Brooks was born on August 27, 1912 in near Oakboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Martin L. and Carrie Ellen (Brooks) James.
Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State College, 1932, Master of Science, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke, 1949.
Teacher vocational agriculture, Knightdale, North Carolina, 1933. County agent, Montgomery County, North Carolina, 1934-1938. Farm management specialist North Carolina Agriculture Extension Service, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1939-1942.
Agricultural economist Appalachian and South.E. regions United States Department of Agriculture, 1943-1944, Department Agriculture advising committee on agricultural economics, Raleigh, 1954-1973.
In charge farm management extension department North Carolina State College, 1945-1946. Charge teaching and farm management research, department agricultural economics as professor agricultural economics, 1947-1949.
Head department agriculture economics, North Carolina State University, 1949-1957, director instruction School Agriculture, 1958-1960, professor, dean agriculture, 1960-1970. Vice president in charge research public service programs Consolidated U. North Carolina, 1970-1973.
Assistant administrator Office War on Hunger, Agency for International Development, 1968.
Agency for International Development consultant Peru, 1962, Nicaragua, 1964, Laos, 1965, Africa, 1966. Member National Agriculture Research Advisory Committee, 1965-1969. Advising committee Kellogg Foundation, 1963-1967.
Chairman of Commission agricultural economics Social Science Research Council, 1954-1956.
Member of advisory board National Agricultural Extension Center for Advanced Study, 1961-1966. Chairman deans agriculture National Association State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, 1968.
Member American, Southern economics associations, American Agriculture Economics Association (president 1956-1957), National Academy Sciences (agricultural board 1956-1957), Southern Farm Management Research Committee (chairman 1949-1951), Grange, Farm Bureau, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Phi Kappa.
Married Verna Lee Greene, May 31, 1941. Children: David Brooks, Sarah Ellen.