Ralph Gilmour Brooks

Background

Brooks, Ralph Gilmour was born in 1898 in Eustis, Nebraska, United States. Son of A. Hansford and Tina S. (Olsen) Brooks.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1925. Student Law School, U. Nebraska, 1925-1926, Master of Arts, 1932.

Career

; 1 daughter, Mistress Robert L. Regehr. Married second, Darleene L. Day, 1934. Admitted to Nebraska bar.

Superintendent schools, Hartington, Nebraska, 1929-1934, Wymore, 1934-1945, Audubon, Iowa, 1945-1947. President McCook (Nebraska) College, 1947-1959. Superintendent schools, McCook, Nebraska, 1947-1959.

Lecturer Midwest Program Service, Kansas City, Missoury, since 1953. Governor of Nebraska, since 1959.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: A Proposed Codification of Nebraska School Laws, 1932. (play) Midnight Marauder, 1928. Also articles educational journals National champion intercollegiate peace orator, 1923.

Membership

Member Nebraska Association Colleges Universities (president 1956), American, Nebraska bar associations, National Accredtion Commission, G. W. Norris Memorial Foundation, Nebraska Education Association (Executive Committee), American Academy Political and Social Science, Nebraska Schoolmasters (president 1950-1951), Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Kappa Delta, Phi Rho Pi. Mason (32°, Knights Templar, Shriner), Elk. Clubs: University, Rotary, Executives, Lions (past district governor).

Connections

Married Opal Gembler, 1924 (divorced 1930).; married second, Darleene L. Day, 1934.

Father:

A. Hansford Brooks

Mother:

Tina S. (Olsen) Brooks

Spouse:

Opal Gembler

Spouse:

Darleene L. Day