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A UPI column notes examining Johnson appointments, citing a biographical sketch of Robert A. Brooks. Brooks, born in India to American parents, educated in Scotland and Harvard, is described as highly cultured with classical poetry background and named Assistant Secretary of the Army. It highlights the Pentagon value of diverse qualifications.
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Dick West
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
India
Scotland
Roxbury Latin School
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Harvard
Society of Fellows
American Journal of Philology
Persius
Honegger
Classical Society
The
American Academy In
Rome
Poets’ Theatre
Cambridge
Mass
Robert A. Brooks
Army
Brooks
Defense
Pentagon