TO THE CHAPTER INVISIBLE
Dr. Chester W. Anderson III 1942–2018 Technology Executive
William C. Brooks, Sr. 1933–2018 Detroit, MI Civic Leader, USAF (Ret.) Longtime Detroit, mouth Bible Institute. Brother Anderson is preceded in death by his parents, Ruth and Chester An- derson, II. He survived by his wife and silhouette of 47 years, Janet V. Robin- son and four sons Chester IV, Michael, Christopher and David (Julie) Anderson; four grandchildren: Christopher Jr., Karina, Natalya, Valentino and Lillian and a host of relatives, friends and col- leagues.
Among other companies, he was past Chairman of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Chairman Emeri- tus of the Board of Directors of National Business League, Inc. and Detroit Re- gional Chamber of Commerce. He was also a former Chairman of the Detroit Public Schools Board of Educa- tion where he took the position in hopes of improving the quality of education and outcomes for Detroit schoolchil- dren. In addition to working in the Nixon White House as an appointed opera- tions research analyst under President Richard Nixon, Brooks served two other presidential administrations. The U.S. Senate confirmed Brooks’ appointment as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment Standards Administration under President George H.W. Bush and as a member of the Social Security Advi- sory Board under President Bill Clinton, respectively. He also ran for Detroit mayor in 2001. Of his numerous achievements, Brooks was a founding member of the Detroit Chapter of the National Black MBA As- sociation and a past national president. In May 1987, he was the commence- ment speaker at Florida A&M University and awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. In May 2000, he was the commencement speaker at William Tyndale College. Other awards and honors, he received include the 28 th NAACP Image Award, The Bethune DuBois Institute Honors Award, The Detroit Urban League’s Distinguished Warriors Award, and The Urban Wheel Life Time Achievement Award, and the Republican Party National Committee’s Trailblazer Award. He was a 1966 initiate of the Langston (OK) Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi ® and a Life Member of the fraternity. Brother Brooks is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; his children, William C. Brooks Jr., Patricia Elizabeth Brooks and Pamela (Peter) Tully; and eight grandchildren. He also had four great- grandchildren.
Chester W. Ander- son, III entered the Chapter Invisible on July 31, 2018 at his home in Tinton Falls, NJ at the age of 75. Brother Anderson was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 1, 1942
to the union of Ruth and Chester W. Anderson, II. In 1957, he moved to Wichita, KS where he attended Wichita State University on a tennis scholarship and earned both a bachelor and master's degree in Physics. He joined the fra- ternity as a 1961 initiate of the Wichita State University Chapter, the Delta Upsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi ® . Anderson subsequently earned a doctoral degree at the University of Alberta, Canada in Geophysics. He served in the U.S. Army where he was commissioned as a Captain and was honorably discharged. During his professional career at Bell Labs/AT&T, Chester led the Advanced Products Division that culminated in the commercialization of the "Watson Speech Recognition Engine." He was also Chief Operating Officer of Sound Advantage, President of the Wichita Group, Senior Vice President of Tech- nology Integration, and most recently the Director of Business Development for Translate Your World. Brother Anderson was a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi ® and was a member of the Asbury Park-Neptune (NJ) Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. He also was a founding member of the Monmouth County Urban League and the Program for Acceleration in Com- puter Science Careers (PAC). He was a member of the Red Bank Men's Club and served on the Tinton Falls Board of Education and Borough Council. He was a devoted member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. He was a Deacon where he taught both Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. He also taught at the Deacons' Union Mon-
MI civic leader, presidential ap- pointee, school
board chairman and retired General Mo- tors (GM) execu- tive, Brother Wil- liam C. Brooks, Sr. transitioned to the
Chapter Invisible on October 1, 2018 at the age 85 with his wife of 62 years, Elizabeth “Betty” Brooks, at his side. Born Aug. 21, 1933, in Ste. Genevieve, MO, Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree from Long Island University and an MBA degree from the University of Oklahoma. He later completed an ad- vanced management program at Harvard Business School. Brother Brooks was an officer in the U.S. Air Force which concluded with serving six years at the Pentagon. Upon retirement in 1972, he served in the White House in the Office of Manage- ment and Budget. He left Washington for GM. During his time at GM, Brooks served in various executive positions at the GM Corporate Headquarters and its field operations. Prior to retiring in 1997, he served as Vice President of Corporate Affairs, which included Chairman of the General Motors Foun- dation; and Chairman of the Board and President of Motor Enterprises, Inc., a subsidiary of GM which is a specialized small business investment company.
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