Brooks Patton Julian

JULIAN Brooks Patton Julian, born in Mount Sterling, Oh., son of Earle R. and Stella Louise Brooks Julian. A 1940 graduate of The Ohio State University with a bachelor of science in Business Administration, he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and a lifelong fan of the Buckeyes. He received a master's degree from the Wisconsin School of Banking, University of Wisconsin. He served his country on active duty with the United States Army for over four years as Commanding Officer with the Counter Intelligence Corps detachment of the 104th Infantry (Timberwolf) Division during WWII. He was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Belgium, Holland, and Germany from 1944 to 1945. His service included participation in the capture of German scientists working on the production of the V-2 missile at Nordhausen, a Nazi labor camp, and in the liberation of the camp. He was honorably discharged as Captain, served in the U.S. Army Reserves, and retired from the military with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. His career in banking in Columbus spanned nearly four decades, beginning in 1945 with Ohio National Bank. In 1949, he formed the bank's personnel department. He was elected vice president of the bank in 1956. In 1970 he was elected an executive vice president and became a member of the Board of Directors. Among his achievements in the industry are the creation of the Ohio National Training Center; the installation of the bank's first automated teller machines; and the development of BancOhio National Plaza which helped revitalize downtown Columbus in 1976. He was president of Ohio National Bank, and, following a merger in 1979, he was elected president of Ohio's largest bank, BancOhio National Bank. Brooks retired from banking in 1982, when he was also selected Executive of the Year by the Columbus Chapter of the Professional Secretaries International for "his positive influence on the lives of innumerable people." His career affiliations included the Association of Reserve City Bankers, the Columbus Clearing House Association, and the Personnel Society of Columbus. In addition to his professional leadership and integrity, his extraordinary dedication to civic life resulted in the strengthening many aspects of the Columbus community, especially health care. Beginning in 1972, he served for 26 years on the Board of Trustees for Grant Medical Center and Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals as a key advocate for trauma and emergency services. He became a Trustee Emeritus of the Grant Board, and in 1998 a park and street near Grant Hospital were dedicated to him in recognition of his "outstanding leadership, enterprise, and wisdom." He was vice chairman of the Episcopal Retirement Homes' Central Ohio Committee, and a former vice chairman and an honorary life member of the Board of Trustees of the Franklin County Unit of the American Cancer Society. He also served on the Franklin County Hospital Commission and the U.S. Health Board of Trustees. He played a major role in the formation of the Ohio Automobile Club (AAA), serving as its first chairman and becoming a life member of its Board of Trustees. On the national level of AAA, he was a vice president, and a member of the board of directors and the National Advisory Council. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, he was a member of the Columbus Country Club and the Athletic Club of Columbus. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite Shrine. A longtime resident of Bexley, he was an active member of St. Alban's Episcopal Church. He later worshipped at St. John's Episcopal Church in Worthington. Brooks enjoyed winter residence in Dunedin, Fla., and loved traveling the world, having visited Africa, India, China, Scandinavia, and many European countries. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 45 years, Helen McCoy Julian and his sister Joan Beckwith. He is survived by his wife, Ellen Wiseman Julian; his sister, Marjorie Kraft of Columbus; his children, Kathy Goldberg of Columbus, Connie Glickman of Virginia Beach, Va., and Jeanne McCoy Julian of South Hadley, Mass.; grandchildren, Matthew and Emily Glickman; nieces, Julie Kraft Olin of Greensboro, N.C. and Ellen Bond of Columbus; and nephews, Phillip Beckwith and William Kraft, both of Columbus; as well as step-children, Douglas F. Wiseman of East Grand Rapids, Mich., Constance E. Wiseman of Greenbank, Wash., Mari Deminski of Highlands Ranch, Colo. and Amie W. Smith of Powell, Oh. A memorial service will be held Thursday, June 4, at 2 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church, 700 High Street, Worthington, Oh. 43085 followed by visiting hours at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to OhioHealth Foundation, 180 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH, 43215-3707, or at OhioHealth.com. Family has entrusted SCHOEDINGER NORTHWEST CHAPEL with funeral arrangements. To send condolences please visit www.schoedinger.com.