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UNIVERSITY PRESS August 31, 1983*3
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Center for public service replica of Washington office
■wy * • /»/»• The new Jack Brooks Center, located on the seventh floor of Gray Library, is composed
Office-of three rooms. The room above is almost an exact replica of the U.S. representative’s
Washington office.
The Jack Brooks Center for Public Ser-
vice, located on the seventh floor of Gray
Library at Lamar University, is named for
a man whose entire professional career
has been dedicated to public service.
Brooks has represented this district in
the U.S. Congress since 1952. Previously,
he served the people of Jefferson County
as state representative.
Bom in Crowley, La., Brooks’ family
moved to Beaumont when he was 5 years
old. He attended public schools in Beau-
mont and was awarded a scholarship to
Lamar Junior College in 1939.
Following graduation from Lamar
Junior College, Brooks entered the Univer-
sity of Texas where he earned a bachelor
of journalism degree in 1943.
World War n erupted and he joined the
Marine Corps, serving two years in the
South Pacific. He continued his service in
the Marine Corps Reserve and retired in
1972 as a colonel.
After World War H, Brooks associated
himself with the late J.B. Morris, an at-
torney and former chairman of the Board
of Regents at Lamar University. In 1946,
he won a seat in the Texas House of
Representatives and served in that posi-
tion until he was elected to Congress in
1952.
While in Austin, Brooks took the lead in
advancing higher education by authoring
the bill creating Lamar State College of
Technology, thus allowing Lamar Junior
College to become a state-supported, four-
year senior college.
His response to education has continued
in his years in Congress with his interest
and work for Lamar University and higher
education in general. One of the many
highlights of his career is his legislation
for millions of dollars in loans from the
federal government to assist in scholar-
ships, construction of critically needed
laboratories and classrooms, dormitories,
dining facilities and apartments for mar-
ried students.
Lamar honored Brooks in 1968 by nam-
ing Brooks-Shivers Hall for him. In 1975,
the Ex-Students Association of the univer-
sity picked Brooks to receive the
Distinguished Alumnus Award.
He was a prime mover for the construc-
tion of Sam Rayburn Dam and Reservoir,
improvements to deep water shipping
channels to the Gulf of Mexico serving
Beaumont, Galveston, Port Arthur and
Texas City, and securing federal loans for
the continued development of Lamar
University.
The Brooks Center is composed of three
rooms and is almost an exact replica of the
congressman’s Washington office in-
cluding furniture and fixtures, trophies
and works of art. Entrance to the center is
from the library’s seventh floor lobby
through the special collections area.
Joining the special collections area is the
Brooks Archive room, which will contain
documents spanning U.S. government
history from Presidents Truman to
Reagan, congressional reports, cor-
respondence and varied papers from the
past 30 years.
These papers will be a source of infor-
mation for students of government,
history, social studies, politics, interna-
tional relations, economics and public in-
formation. They also provide an historical
overview of the concerns, desires and
priorities of the people of the second and
ninth congressional districts. Brooks’
district was redrawn and renumbered in
1966.
The Brooks office will provide a work
area for academicians, authors and
others, to include some who may spend
from several days to several weeks at
Lamar working with students and faculty
as part of the University Distinguished
Lecture Series Program.
Brooks was asked by the Lamar Board
of Regents in 1977 to contribute his con-
gressional papers to the university as a
valuable research resource.
It has taken almost six years to inven-
tory, obtain security clearances and
transfer the documents.
During this period, a location for the
center was selected, plans drawn and
private funds raised for the project.
The Brooks Center will be open to the
public Monday through Friday, from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Eultor......................Richard Bonnin
Managing Editor................FredTramel
Copy Editor.................Gall Marceaux
Sporta Editor....................Joe Rutland
gwtMihmwrt Editor..........Barbara Goff
Photo Editor..................J»n Couvilloo
Advertising Manager..........liaa Hoffpauir
Advertising Representative..................
Margene Lenamon
Graphics Editor................Lance Hunter
Staff Writers... .Elaine Butler, Linda Echols,
Linda Hudson, Clyde Hughes,
Dawn Inman, Alan Pace,
Ercei Placide, Jan Sessions
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Robert Shofner
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Gloria Poet
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Jill Scoggins
Director of Student PubUcatioos
Howard Perkins
Publisher
Student Publications Board
George McLaughlin, Chairman
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Wednesdays immediately following holidays.
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Setzer Student Center, University Station,
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Bonnin, Richard. University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 31, 1983, newspaper, August 31, 1983; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth500502/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.