Warren T. Brookes (1929 – December 28, 1991) was a

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with the ''

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'' and the ''

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'' and a nationally syndicated columnist known for his

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political and

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views.

Biography

Brookes graduated in 1952 from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...

with honors in economics and was thereafter employed by the

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Corporation. In 1975, he joined the ''Boston Herald''; a decade later he joined the editorial page staff of the ''Detroit News''. His column, written from Washington, D.C., appeared in sixty newspaper on Mondays and Thursdays. He frequently challenged liberal economic and environmental ideas. The

Competitive Enterprise Institute The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a non-profit libertarian think tank founded by the political writer Fred L. Smith Jr. on March 9, 1984, in Washington, D.C., to advance principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individ ...

, shortly before his passing, established the Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellowship to identify and train journalists who wish to improve their knowledge of environmental issues and free market economics. The

American Legislative Exchange Council The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a nonprofit organization of conservative state legislators and private sector representatives who draft and share model legislation for distribution among state governments in the United State ...

(ALEC) presents the annual Warren Brookes Award for Excellence in Journalism. Brookes was posthumously awarded the 1992

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for Commentary.

Books

* ''The Economy in Mind'', Universe Pub, 1984

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brookes, Warren T. 1929 births 1991 deaths American columnists Harvard College alumni People from Lovettsville, Virginia Competitive Enterprise Institute Gerald Loeb Award winners for Columns, Commentary, and Editorials 20th-century American journalists American male journalists