Lawrence Graham Brooks

Background

Brooks, Lawrence Graham was born on February 21, 1881 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Graham and Helen Lawrence (Appleton) Brooks.

Education

AB, Harvard, 1902; AM, Harvard, 1903. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1905. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Tufts University, 1966.

Career

Practice, Boston counsel, United States R.R. Labor Board, Chicago, 1920-1921; city solicitor, Medford, Massachusetts, 1923-1927; senior special justice, 1st District Court of East Middlesex, 1928-1948; presiding justice, 1st District Court of East Middlesex, from 1948; presiding justice appellate division, Massachusetts District Court Justices, from 1958. President Prentiss, Brooks & Company, 1927-1942. Director Middlesex County National Bank, Montan Pole Company.

Achievements

• Bar: Massachusetts 1905.

Membership

Vice president Medford Community Chest and Council. Vice moderator Unitarian Universalist Association. Member American (executive secretary war service committee Washington 1918-1919), Massachusetts, Boston (member of council) bar associations, Cosmos Club (Washington), Union Club (Boston).

Connections

Married Susan Morris Hallowell, October 12, 1912. Children: John Graham, Helen Lawrence (deceased), Ann, Charlotte Hallowell, Catherine Lawrence.

Father:

John Graham Brooks

Mother:

Helen Lawrence (Appleton) Brooks

Spouse:

Susan Morris Hallowell

child:

Catherine Lawrence Brooks

child:

Charlotte Hallowell Brooks

child:

John Graham Brooks

child:

Ann Brooks

child:

Helen Lawrence Brooks (deceased)