Elwood M. Brooks
Elwood M. Brooks was a banker from Kansas, and later, the President of the Central Bank and Trust Company of Denver. Throughout his career, Brooks made it known that he based business on people instead of the bottom line. During the post-war boom, Brooks specialized in giving loans to lower to middle-income families and in doing so, extremely raised his profits.
Brooks is also accredited for bringing the concept of the “drive-through” to banks in Colorado, which increased profitability for the Central Bank and Trust Company of Denver while he was President. Not only this, but he developed the residential Brooks Tower in downtown Denver, which is named after him.
Outside of work, Brooks was equally involved and busy. During his lifetime, he made a point of regularly giving to the National Society of Crippled Children, Rose Hospital, and the University of Denver.
Brooks is also accredited for bringing the concept of the “drive-through” to banks in Colorado, which increased profitability for the Central Bank and Trust Company of Denver while he was President. Not only this, but he developed the residential Brooks Tower in downtown Denver, which is named after him.
Outside of work, Brooks was equally involved and busy. During his lifetime, he made a point of regularly giving to the National Society of Crippled Children, Rose Hospital, and the University of Denver.
