Brooks Carlton Fowler passed away on July 30, 2007, in Tyler, Texas. He was born April 5, 1936, in Boston, Texas to the late Lewis Clemon “Dude” and Bernice Raye Foster Fowler. He graduated from Texarkana High School, received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Physics from The University of Texas at Arlington and North Texas State University, and his doctorate in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1973.

He served in the Texas Army National Guard, and was an engineer for Tracor in Austin, McDonnell Douglas and Interstate Electronics in California, and Texas Instruments and E-Systems in Dallas. He held two patents in digital signal processing.

The Dr. Brooks Carlton Fowler Endowed Presidential Graduate Fellowship in Electrical and Computer Engineering was established in his memory by Brooks’ wife of 43 years, Martha Carolyn Shultz Fowler. They met while working at Texas Instruments. Martha also received her doctorate in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, but a few years earlier in 1969.