Political Retirement
A park in Galveston County and a federal courthouse in Beaumont, Texas are named in his honor. There is a statue of him at Lamar University.
On April 23, 2001, NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin presented the agency’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal to Brooks at a ceremony in the John Gray Center of Lamar University. Goldin cited Brooks’ long-standing support of the U.S. space program and praised his role in “strengthening the agency during its formative years”. Goldin, who served as NASA administrator from 1992 until 2002, added “Congressman Brooks took it upon himself to personally deliver support to one of the agency’s key programs: the design, development, and on-orbit assembly of the International Space Station”.
In 2008, Brooks donated his archives to the Center for American History, of the University of Texas at Austin.
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