Background
Brooks, Robert Blemker was born on March 17, 1889 in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. Son of Louis J. and Laura (Blemker) Brooks.
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Robert Blemker Brooks
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Bachelor of Science, Washington University, 1910, C.E., 1922.
Career
Stepson, Ralph C. Chief engineer Moreno-Burkham Construction Company, St. Louis, 1919-1925. Director streets and sewers, City of St. Louis, 1925-1933. Construction engineering, St. Louis, since 1933.
Board of Freeholders Metropolitan Transit Authority.
Politics
People sometimes argue that involvement in political life involves getting our hands dirty, so is something Christians should avoid. But God is present in everything, including political institutions.
Views
The erroneous notion that one gender must strive against another cannot be accepted.
Membership
Served as Lieutenant, later captain Army of the United States, 1918-1919. Official representative unites states department of State in dedication Pan-American Highway in Mexico, 1936, 8th International Road Congress, The Hague, Holland, 1938, Pan American Conference, Mexico City, 1941, 5th Pan-American Highway Congress, Lima, Peru, 1951, Extraordinary Pan-American Highway Congress, Mexico City, 1952. Member City Plan communications of St. Louis, 1925-1933 and 1945-1947.
Member Missouri State Highway Commission, 1937-1942. Member Mississippie River Parkway Planning Commission (Distinguished Service Award, 1956). Republican of American Public Works Officials at European conferences, 1931, 35, 38, 47, 53.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Road Builders Association, American Legion, Safety Council of Greater St. Louis (president 1949-1950), Municipal Theatre Association. Mason.; Clubs: Missouri Athletic, St. Louis Engineers.
Connections
Married Estelle Goodfellow, October 10, 1910 (died 1946).; married second, Anny Kneifel, November 24, 1948. Children: Robert B., Ernest A., Joseph B.
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Methodist -
Political Party
Republican