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Michael Claflin Brooks

Birth	:	19 Dec 1936 Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland, USA
Death	:	12 Jul 2007 Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Mound Hill Cemetery, Eaton, Preble County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.7411003, -84.6461029
Description	:	Michael Claflin Brooks died Wednesday morning, July 12, 2007, at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg, Va. where he was being treated for pancreatic cancer. Brooks was born December 19,1936, in Salisbury, Md., to Henry and Flora Brooks and was raised in Richmond and Arlington, Va. Brooks cared passionately about his native Virginia. As a graduate of Virginia Military Institute (class of ‘59) with a Bachelors in Engineering he epitomized the VMI ideals of honor, loyalty and civic responsibility. Brooks earned his Masters in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M. He served 20 years as an officer in the United States... Read More	Michael Claflin Brooks died Wednesday morning, July 12, 2007, at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg, Va. where he was being treated for pancreatic cancer. Brooks was born December 19,1936, in Salisbury, Md., to Henry and Flora Brooks and was raised in Richmond and Arlington, Va. Brooks cared passionately about his native Virginia. As a graduate of Virginia Military Institute (class of ‘59) with a Bachelors in Engineering he epitomized the VMI ideals of honor, loyalty and civic responsibility. Brooks earned his Masters in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M. He served 20 years as an officer in the United States Air Force and served a tour of duty in Ben Hoa, Vietnam with the Red Horse Program for which he received the Vietnam Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Bronze Star. With his wife and three children, Brooks was later stationed at the USAF Military Airlift Command Headquarters of Scott Air Force Base, Ill., the Armed Forces Staff College in Toronto, Canada, the Canadian Forces Civil Engineering Headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, USAF Detachment 22 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tullahoma, Tn. He retired from the Air Force and settled in Appomattox County, Va., in 1979. He worked an additional 11 years in private industry supervising major construction projects in the United States and overseas. In 1985 he became president of Parsons Brinkerhoff Construction Services in Herndon, Virginia. While with Parsons he supervised construction of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, FL. He also served as president of the Construction Management Association of America from 1987 to 1988. Brooks retired to Lancaster County, Va., in 1992 with his wife, Gary, to indulge his love of literature and good conversation. He served on the VMI Board of Visitors from 1992 to 1996. He was a frequent lay reader of the Episcopal Church and a generous contributor to the communities in which he lived. In 1998 Michael moved to Tenants Harbor, Maine. In the last ten years of his life he reunited with his first love, fly fishing, and traveled to Argentina, Burma and Alaska. In 2003 he returned to Southwest Virginia with his second wife, Angela West. In the last years of his life he found peace in the rolling hills of the Virginia piedmont, the place he loved best. Michael is survived by his second wife, Angela, his first wife, Gary, his children and their spouses, Bill and Maura, Dorrie and Helen, his daughter-in-law Julie, and his three grandchildren, Harper, Joseph and Delaney. He will be remembered by his friends and family at a memorial service at 11am, July 25th at Jackson Memorial Hall on the campus of VMI and will be laid to rest in Luray, Va. in a private ceremony. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the VMI Foundation for the Jonathan Daniels Award, P.O. Box 932, Lexington, VA 24450. Contributor: Rose Ann Smythe (49430596) • [email protected]

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Michael Claflin Brooks's memorial is located at: Mound Hill Cemetery, Eaton, Preble County, USA.
When did Michael Claflin Brooks death?
Michael Claflin Brooks death on 12 Jul 2007 in Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 39.7411003
Longitude: -84.6461029

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Parent

Henry Alvan Brooks

(1886 - 1956)

Flora Louise Buracker Brooks

(1894 - 1977)

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