Edward Morgan Brooks of Newton, Massachusetts, died at home after a brief illness on 11 December 2002 at the age of 86. He was a certified consulting meteorologist and professor of meteorology who first identified the mesoscale tornado cyclone effect and made long-range forecasts using sunspot cycles.
He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Charles F. Brooks and Eleanor Stabler Brooks, who encouraged his lifelong devotion to peace and his passion for meteorology, astronomy, and music. He graduated from Harvard University (1937) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; 1939 and 1945).
Brooks's long career teaching meteorology began in 1939 at Pan American Airways in Hawaii. During World War II he taught the Royal Air Force at the University of Miami and the U.S. Air Force at MIT. In the following years he was a professor of meteorology, geophysics, and astronomy at such institutions as Boston College, St. Louis University, the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, and MIT, and at universities in Canada, Taiwan, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia. Brooks also conducted research for high-tech industries for seven years and directed many cruise ships to total solar eclipse viewing sites.
Brooks is the author of over 200 articles and the joint author of the book The Meteorology of Mars and Venus. He was a trustee of the Mount Washington Observatory, and a member of the Newton Ward 7 Democratic Committee.
An accomplished pianist, he married soprano and violinist Sarah Bergh in 1941. They made music together and delighted audiences for more than 60 years. They have seven surviving children and 32 grandchildren. All will miss Brooks's enthusiasm and sense of humor.
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