1940
Mr. Brooks is born to parents, Philip Coolidge and Dorothy Hamilton Brooks.
1962
Mr. Brooks receives a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas.
1962
Mr. Brooks studies at the University of Reading in England as an exchange fellow.
1963
Mr. Brooks studies postgraduate courses at Stanford University Law School.
1964
Mr. Brooks studies postgraduate courses at the University of Reading.
1965
Mr. Brooks marries Susan Mary Fox.
1966
Mr. Brooks receives a Master of Arts from the University of Kansas.
1967
Mr. Brooks becomes a museum specialist in political history at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
1968
Mr. Brooks serves as a historian archivist for the President Inaugural Committee. He also serves in the position in 1989 and 1993.
1971
Mr. Brooks becomes assistant to executive director of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.
1974
Mr. Brooks becomes assistant to assistant archivist of Public Programs and curator of the Archives Reception Room of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
1976
Mr. Brooks receives the Commendable Service Award from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
1979
Mr. Brooks becomes acting director and director of the Education Division of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
1983
Mr. Brooks becomes senior archives specialist in the Records Center of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
1986
Mr. Brooks becomes a development officer for the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
1996
Mr. Brooks retires from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
1997
Mr. Brooks joins the Derby Bentley Society.
2000
Mr. Brooks receives the Virginia Senate Joint Resolution of Commendation.
2007
Mr. Brooks joins the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
2013
Mr. Brooks receives the Rolls-Royce Foundation Commendation.