Who was George Brooker?George Brooker was president of the brokerage and management firm, Webb & Brooker. Born in South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , he grew up in Philadelphia and served as a corporal in the US Army during its occupation of Germany. He studied music at Howard University Howard University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; with federal support. It was founded in 1867 by Gen. Oliver O. Howard of the Freedmen's Bureau, to provide education for newly emancipated slaves. A normal and preparatory department was opened the same year. and started as a singer in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . To better support his family, he got a job at the State Rent Control Commission and eventually became a hearing examiner An employee of an Administrative Agency who is charged with conducting adjudicative proceedings on matters within the scope of the jurisdiction of the agency. . After studying real estate, he went into business in 1959 and, by 1967, was vice president at Mark Rafalsky & Co. as one of the industry's first black executives. Gov. Hugh Carey appointed him to the Municipal Assistant Corporation where he served until his death. Gov. Mario Cuomo placed him on the Commission on Real Estate. Mayor John Lindsay named him to the Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Corporation and Mayor Edward Koch appointed him to Central Park Conservancy and the Small Retail Business Study Commission. Brooker was chairman of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Urban League and a founder and president of the Harlem Business Alliance and was committed to the improvement of Harlem, where he had his headquarters. He died in 1997. |
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