John E. Brooks [SEP] religious order
John E. Brooks
John E. Brooks, S.J., (July 13, 1923 – July 2, 2012) was an American Jesuit priest who joined the Society of Jesus in 1950. He served from 1970 to 1994 as the 28th president of the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Career.
Before becoming a priest, Brooks graduated from Boston Latin School in 1942, then enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1943, serving in the European Theater of Operations from 1944-46. He
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