Brooks M. Jones ’40

Brooks died from a massive brain hemorrhage Feb. 17, 2006.

He prepared at University School and the Hill School. At Princeton, he majored in English, was a member of the varsity baseball team (where he received the William J. Clark Cup for Proficiency) and 150-pound football teams, was treasurer of I.A.A., secretary of the Westminster Association, and was president of Cottage Club.

Brooks saw service in both the Atlantic and Pacific as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1947 and immediately joined what was to become Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis. He became a partner in 1958.

His activities included business directorships, bar association membership, and memberships in opera and astronomical societies. He was a past president of the Princeton Alumni Association of Northern Ohio. Brooks was a skiing, tennis, and travel enthusiast who did a bit of spelunking on the side.

To his survivors — his wife, Anne; daughter Lissy; sons Brooks Jr. and Thomas H.; stepchildren Dexter and Carol L. Cheney — his classmates offer their sincere condolences. There will be a memorial service for our Midwest vice president at 4 p.m. June 2 at St. Christopher's Church in Gates Mill, Ohio.

The Class of 1940