Eugene Clyde Brooks (December 3, 1871 – October 18, 1947) was an American educator. He was educated at
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Australia
* Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales
* Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...
(now Duke University), where he earned an A.B. degree in 1894. He also earned a Litt.D. degree from
Davidson College
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan†...
in 1918.
Brooks was an educator by trade and spent much of his early professional life working in the North Carolina school system as a teacher, principal, and superintendent. From 1906-1923 he worked as the editor of ''North Carolina Educator'', an education journal of which he was the founder.
He was named head of the Department of Education at Trinity College in 1907, where he served until 1919 when he was appointed
state superintendent of public instruction by Governor
Thomas Walter Bickett
Thomas Walter Bickett (February 28, 1869December 28, 1921) was the 54th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1917 to 1921. He was born in Monroe, North Carolina.
Bickett was a graduate of Wake Forest College. Prior to being elect ...
. He was elected to the office in the 1920 general election.
Brooks resigned from the office in 1923 to become president of
North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University). During his tenure, NC State developed new programs including the School of Agriculture, the School of Education, the School of Science and Business, the School of Textiles, and the School of Engineering. Brooks retired from the presidency in 1934, and Brooks Hall was named in his honor.
He died in
Raleigh, North Carolina in 1947. In 1948 he was posthumously elected to the North Carolina Educational Hall of Fame.
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North Carolina Superintendents of Public Instruction
1871 births
1947 deaths
Chancellors of North Carolina State University
Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni
People from Greene County, North Carolina
Davidson College alumni