Barbara Brooks, a faculty member in the history department at the City College of New York, died April 12, 2013, after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 60.
She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale University in 1976 and 1977, respectively. From Princeton, she earned a master’s degree (1980) and a Ph.D. (1991), both in history.
Brooks was a scholar of Japan and enjoyed learning and writing about that country. She taught at both CCNY and the affiliated City University of New York Graduate Center.
She is survived by her husband, Dr. David P. Jaffee; a daughter, Isadora Brooks Jaffee; and her parents, William and Margaret Brooks.
Graduate memorials are prepared by the APGA.
Graduate Class of 1991