Brooke, A. Wayne.

A. Wayne Brooke was born April 20, 1913 and died January 2, 1996. He graduated from Case Western Institute of Technology in 1935 with a bachelor's of Science in Physics and served in the United States Navy from 1942-1946 as an electronics officer. He joined IBM soon after the war, and his early career at IBM was wholly involved with the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC) in the world headquarters of IBM in New York City. Brooke was the chief electronic engineer for the project and oversaw a team of engineers during the short life of the SSEC. He transferred to the Raleigh, N.C. IBM office in 1965 after the SSEC was dismantled and retired from IBM after 40 years of service in 1978. He remained involved in the history of computers throughout his life as a member of various community organizations in the Raleigh area, including the NC Arboretum, Raleigh Coin Club, Raleigh Stamp Club, and the Men's Garden Club.