Walter Booth Brooks, Jr

WALTER BOOTH BR00KS, JR. BALTIMORE, March 25, 1937

Walter B Brook, Jr., Princeton Class of ’07, president of Arundel-Brooks Concrete Corporation and member of a family prominent in Baltimore society and business affairs, died suddenly of heart disease this morning. He was the son of Walter B. Brooks, who was the president of the Canton Company. Mr. Brooks was born on November 27, 1884. He received his preparatory education at Gilman School in Baltimore and at Pomfret School in Connecticut. He left Princeton before graduating to become associated with his father in business. During the World War he served in France in an engineering unit of the Army with the rank of captain. Mr. Brooks' first wife was Miss Louise Cromwell, daughter of Oliver Cromwell of Philadelphia, whose mother became the wife of E. T. Stotesbury, of the Drexel banking firm. The couple divorced in 1919. Surviving are his wife Helen, a daughter, Mrs. William R. Howard, two sons, Walter Booth Brooks, III, and Leonard Brooks; and his brother, S. Bonsal Brooks. Prominent in the business, civic, and social life of Baltimore, a man of ability and achievement, Walter’s great personal charm and enthusiasm endeared him to us all. We mourn his loss.

Princeton Alumni Weekly

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WALTER BOOTH BR00KS, JR. BALTIMORE, March 25, 1937

Walter B Brook, Jr., Princeton Class of ’07, president of Arundel-Brooks Concrete Corporation and member of a family prominent in Baltimore society and business affairs, died suddenly of heart disease this morning. He was the son of Walter B. Brooks, who was the president of the Canton Company. Mr. Brooks was born on November 27, 1884. He received his preparatory education at Gilman School in Baltimore and at Pomfret School in Connecticut. He left Princeton before graduating to become associated with his father in business. During the World War he served in France in an engineering unit of the Army with the rank of captain. Mr. Brooks' first wife was Miss Louise Cromwell, daughter of Oliver Cromwell of Philadelphia, whose mother became the wife of E. T. Stotesbury, of the Drexel banking firm. The couple divorced in 1919. Surviving are his wife Helen, a daughter, Mrs. William R. Howard, two sons, Walter Booth Brooks, III, and Leonard Brooks; and his brother, S. Bonsal Brooks. Prominent in the business, civic, and social life of Baltimore, a man of ability and achievement, Walter’s great personal charm and enthusiasm endeared him to us all. We mourn his loss.

Princeton Alumni Weekly

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