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				Obituaries Tilford U, Brooks, Ed.D., 77 Tilford U. Brooks, Ed.D., professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, died Thursday, Sept. 5, 2002, at Barnes-Jewish Extended Care in Clayton, Mo., of a head injury suffered during a fall in May at a different facility. He was 77. Brooks Brooks was born in East St. Louis and grew up across the street from jazz pioneer Miles Davis. During World War II, Brooks served as a P-47 fighter pilot with the famed Tuskegee Airmen and in 1949 earned a bachelorŐs degree in music education from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He earned both a master's degree and a doctorate in education from Washington University, in 1960 and 1972, respectively. Brooks played trombone in several groups, notably the George Hudson Band, and from 1950-1971 served as director of music education for East St. Louis School District 189. He joined the faculty of Washington University in 1970 as a lecturer in Black Studies and was named assistant professor in 1972. He joined the music department the following year as associate professor and served as chair from 1976-1984 -- the first African-American to hold that position. He was named professor emeritus in 1988. Brooks was an authority on the history of African-American music. His highly regarded survey America's Black Musical Heritage (1984), provides an overview of significant genres, composers and works while also examining their social, political and cultural contexts. In 1986, Brooks joined the St. Louis Public Schools as a music supervisor, retiring in 1993. He then taught for two years at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Brooks is survived by his former wife, Ethelyn Harris Pappas of St. Louis; three daughters, Gerri B. Dickerson of Atlanta, Denise B. Hervey of Clayton and Tracey L. Brooks of Chicago; four granddaughters; and two great-granddaughters. A memorial service was held Sept. 14 at Valhalla Chapel, 7600 St. Charles Rock Road. Memorial contributions can be made to Washington University's Friends of Music, Campus Box 1032, St. Louis, MO 63130; to Young Audiences of St. Louis, 8045 Big Bend Blvd., Suite 100, St. Louis, MO 63119; or to the National Caregiving Foundation, 801 N. Pitt St., Suite 116, Alexandria, VA 22314.

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