William Fern Brooks

Background

Brooks,, William Fern was born on September 2, 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William Fern and Gertrude Octavia (Kendig) Brooks.

Education

Bachelor, Union College, Schenectady, 1946. Bachelor of Laws, University Minnesota, 1961.

Career

Special assistant attorney-general State of Minnesota, 1961—1964. Partner Chestnut, Jones, Brooks & Kennedy, Minneapolis, 1965—1971. Member, officer Chestnut & Cambronne, P.A, 1971—1998, of counsel, 1998—2002.

Retired, 2002

Chairman Minnesota Commission on Alcohol Problems, St. Paul, 1971—1975. President Newspaper Guild of Twin Cities, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Minneapolis, 1958—1960, The Lawyers Credit Union, 1986—1996, director, vice chairman, from 1997, Minnesota Tax Foundation, from 1987. With United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946, PTO.

Achievements

• Bar: Minnesota 1961, United States District Court Minnesota 1961.

Membership

Member Democratic Farm Labor Party. Member of American Bar Association, Minnesota Bar Association.

Connections

Married Jean A. Geggie, June 22, 1951. Children: William Fern III, Elizabeth C.

Father:

William Fern Brooks

Mother:

Gertrude Octavia (Kendig) Brooks

Spouse:

Jean A. Geggie

child:

Elizabeth C. Brooks,

child:

William Fern III Brooks,