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SUNY Delhi Bestows

Doctorate On Brooks

John Brooks

DELHI – Brooks' House of BBQ second-generation owner John Brooks will be presented an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at SUNY Delhi's 101st annual graduation at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19.

SUNY Delhi President Michael Laliberte called Brooks, one of 11 family members with Delhi degrees, "a passionate advocate and friend whose achievements are inspiring and demonstrate to students the benefits of a SUNY Delhi education."

From boyhood, Brooks helped his father barbecue chicken at local fund-raisers for not-for-profits. At age 15, his parents built an 80-seat restaurant in Oneonta that all family members helped run.

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