Background
Basham-Tooker, Janet Brooks was born on September 27, 1919 in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Thomas Westmore and Cora Evelyn Brooks.
Basham-Tooker, Janet Brooks was born on September 27, 1919 in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Thomas Westmore and Cora Evelyn Brooks.
Bachelor cum laude, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1948; ABD in Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles, 1981; Master of Arts in Human Development, Pacific Oaks College, 1984.
Graduate assistant psychology, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1948-1949; teacher, Albuquerque City Schools, 1950-1951; teacher, Los Angeles City Schools, 1953-1954; counselor, Los Angeles City Schools, 1981; lecturer, Los Angeles, since 1988; now retired. Docent Las Angelitas del Pueblo, Los Angeles, 1971-1974. Active project with autistic children, through Pepperdine University, University of California at Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, 1974.
Member planning committee, women's conference Commision on Status of Women, Pasadena, California, 1982-1985, senior committee Task Force on Aging, San Marino, California, 1986-1989, board directors United Way, Arcadia, California, 1984-1988, Symphony Guild, Fayetteville, 1990. Advisory member San Gabriel Presbytery Commision on Aging, 1984-1988. Member graduate studies subcommittee California State University, Los Angeles, 1975-1978.
Vice president San Marino Auxiliary Methodist Hospital, Arcadia, California, 1985-1986. Docent Duarte History Society, California, 1986-1989. Moderator senior adults 1st UnitedPresbyn.
Church, Fayetteville, 1990. Facilitator finance information program forwomen AARP, Fayetteville, 1990. Volunteer in gerontology Fayetteville (Arkansas) City Hospital, 1991, Health Care Unit, Butterfield Trail Village, Fayetteville, 1993.
Advising committee Single Parent Scholarship Fund, Fayetteville, 1992. Member American Association of University Women, American Society Aging, Mental Health Association, Older Women's League, League of Women Voters, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Theta Kappa.
Married Linwood Cecil Basham (divorced 1968). Married Frederick Fitch Tooker.