Longtime University of Delaware fixture remembered as father, mentor
John Trimble Brook was good with people – a charmer and a leader, equal parts funny and capable. "He could talk to Marge at the diner and the president of the United States in the same sentence and feel equally comfortable and blend right in," said Susan, one of his three children. That ability served him well throughout his career in law enforcement, both with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and later when he was charged with kickstarting the first real police force at the University of Delaware, where he spent 27 years and did everything from start that police department to create th...