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brooks north carolina state yearbook pictured in '' the agromeck 1924 '' , wallace carl riddick john w. harrelson 18 october 1947 greene county , north carolina raleigh , north carolina president of the university of north carolina educator 3 december 1871 1923 ec brooks.jpg eugene c. brooks
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eugene c. brooks

eugene clyde brooks -lrb- december 3 , 1871 -- october 18 , 1947 -rrb- was an american educator .
he was educated at trinity college -lrb- now duke university -rrb- , where he earned an a.b. degree in 1894 .
he also earned a litt.d .
degree from davidson college in 1918 .
brooks was an educator by trade and spent much of his early professional life working in the north carolina school system as a teacher , principal , and superintendent .
from 1906-1923 he worked as the editor of `` north carolina educator '' , an education journal of which he was the founder .
he was named head of the department of education at trinity college in 1907 , where he served until 1919 when he was appointed state superintendent of public instruction by governor thomas walter bickett .
he was elected to the office in the 1920 general election .
brooks resigned from the office in 1923 to become president of north carolina state college of agriculture and engineering -lrb- now north carolina state university -rrb- .
during his tenure , nc state developed new programs including the school of agriculture , the school of education , the school of science and business , the school of textiles , and the school of engineering .
brooks retired from the presidency in 1934 .
he died in raleigh , north carolina in 1947 .
