Jay Allen Brooks ’55

Jay Allen Brooks ’55 passed away on December 19, 2018, in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Born in Meriden, Connecticut, Jay came to Dartmouth from Cheshire Academy. He majored in mathematics and was crew manager. After graduation Jay attended the Illinois College of Optometry, earning an O.D. and B.S. He also received a master’s in education from the University of Massachusetts. Jay established his optometry practice in Greenfield in 1960 and spent the rest of his life in that community. He was an Alumni Fund volunteer and class agent (1983-87). Jay married the former Mary Danielson, who passed away in 1972.


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Alumni Books
New titles from Dartmouth writers (March/April 2025)
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New Bishop
Diocese elevates its first female leader, Julia E. Whitworth ’93.
Reconstruction Radical

Amid the turmoil of Post-Civil War America, Amos Akerman, Class of 1842, went toe to toe with the Ku Klux Klan.

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Kirsten Gillibrand ’88
A U.S. senator on 18 years in Washington, D.C.

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