Background
Brooks, Lee MArshall was born on May 31, 1891 in Norwood, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Marshall Ezra and Isabel (Ross) Brooks.
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Lee MArshall Brooks
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AB, Boston University, 1925. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1926. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1929.
Career
Clerk, Atkinson, Haserick & Company, textile machinery, Boston, 1906-1912; salesman, Atkinson, Haserick & Company, textile machinery, Boston and New Bedford, 1914-1917; director young men's work, Eliot Congressional Church, Boston, 1918-1922; instructor, U. North Carolina, 1926-1930; assistant professor, U. North Carolina, 1930-1935; associate professor, U. North Carolina, 1936-1946; professor, U. North Carolina, 1946-1955; professor emeritus, U. North Carolina, from 1955; department chairman sociology, U. North Carolina, 1950-1954. Visiting professor Alabama College, 1935-1936, Louisiana State University, 1940-1941, U. Washington, spring 1945, U. Hawaii, 1947-1948, 1955, Whittier College, California, from 1955;summer study tours, United States, 1930, British Isles, 1934, Nova Scotia, 1938, Army Young Men’s Christian Association, secretary Camp Devens, 1918.
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Director Western Carolina television Literacy Program. Member American Sociological Society, Southern Sociological Society (president 1949-1950), Southern Regional Council, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Evelyn M. Cheney, February 16, 1916. 1 son, Robert Lee.
