Gordon Lewis Brekus

Gordon Brekus, a retired management consultant and avid boater and fisherman, died on July 3, 2011. During the Korean War, he served as a sergeant in the U. S. Army, stationed in Germany. A graduate of Harvard College in 1951, he lived in Guilford, Connecticut, and Palm Beach, Florida. His love of history was acknowledged in his daughter’s book, Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845. Catherine Brekus, also a member of AAS, wrote that he had embraced her career “with his characteristic energy and drive, searching catalogues and bookstores for rare history books.” He worked for the Alexander Proudfoot Company for over thirty years, where he was a partner and a member of the executive committee. Gordon Brekus was a member of the Isaiah Thomas Society and a generous donor to AAS; we remain ever grateful for his interest and support.