RUTH T. BROOKS
RUTH T. BROOKS, 86, an analytical chemist who received an MA in chemistry in 1954 and later taught music, died May 3, 2013. She received a BA from Mount Holyoke College in French with a minor in music, and worked for Olin Mathieson before beginning her music career. Over the course of 50 years she taught piano, violin, viola, and guitar to hundreds of students. She also founded and played violin and viola in the Hamden (Conn.) Symphony Orchestra, where she was honored on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 2012. She was still actively teaching 10 students until March 2013. Among those who survive are two sons, including Peter Brooks ’82, and seven grandchildren.