0.0 – Christian Science Author – Brookes, Warren T – Biography and Publication Index

Warren Brookes (see more bio pgs 10-12 of publication) "earned a degree in economics from Harvard in 1952 and upon graduating with honors took a job in the marketing department of Kimberly-Clark. He went on to work for Cryovac (a subsidiary of W.R. Grace & Co.), Kenyon and Eckhardt (advertising, and the Christian Science Monitor - promotions director) before beginning his career in journalism in 1975. He began as a reporter for the Boston Herald and ten years later took a position on the editorial staff of The Detroit News, a post he held until his [passing]. He also wrote two columns per week for Creators Syndicate, a special weekly column for the Washington Times, and freelance articles for Forbes and other magazines."
Jim Heetderks, Production Editor, Update, the Newsletter of the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
"WARREN T. BROOKES, a member of The Detroit News editorial page staff and nationally syndicated columnist, was no ordinary scribbler.  ........  He was one of a small but cheerful band of writers and thinkers who helped work a revolution in the way Americans view economics and politics .... [He] delighted in shocking people out of their set ways and forcing them to look at things in a new light .... with an incredible outpouring editorials, columns and stories that challenged conventional wisdom ....
[He] "was no armchair columnist. He was a born reporter, filling his columns with statistics and information that caused workaday editors to grumble but made him difficult to refute. He wrote without fear or favor .... Yet he was a friendly bear of a man whose natural warmth, good cheer and unflagging energy were infectious. And he just spilled over with the love of his work. 'Guess what I just found out!' he would report in his daily calls to the home office, just as excited as any cub report over his latest scoop. [He] "also possessed one of the most broad-ranging and insightful minds of the day. In a stirring speech at Moscow State University ... Ronald Reagan quoted liberally from Warren's 1982 book, 'The Economy in Mind' ... .
THE DETROIT NEWS, December 29, 1991 Show all