Dr. (Robert) Clarke Brooks of Los Altos, CA passed away on 10/18/2025 at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, CA at 1:30 AM.

Clarke was a graduate of Drew University (BS), the University of Chicago (PhD), and Palmer College of Chiropractic West (DC).

His first career was in biochemical research. He did a postdoc at the Smithsonian Institution Radiation Biology Lab, and worked in R&D at several medical technology companies, including Syntex and Becton Dickinson. He also had a startup with a colleague Mark Nokes, called FOxS Labs that developed a fiber optic sensor to measure O2, CO2 and pH in critically ill patients, and was subsequently bought by Puritan Bennett.

His second career was in chiropractic health care. He was an advocate of complementary and alternative medicine, and an intuitive, gifted and caring healer. He was beloved by his patients and devoted to helping them heal in the most natural way possible.

Clarke was a voracious reader and lover of nature, especially plants and birds. He was an avid cyclist in his youth. He had devout yoga and meditation practices, and was a loving husband and father.

Born in New Brunswick, NJ, and from Milltown, NJ, Clarke was the son of the late Robert Maurice Brooks of Newton NJ and the late Martha Regina Fehrer Brooks of Sayreville NJ, and also the stepson of the late Yvonne Cecile Marie Reuse Brooks of Newton, NJ.

Dr. Brooks is survived by his wife of 51 years, (Mary) Adeline Shrewsbury of Los Altos, CA, daughter Regina Adeline Shrewsbury Brooks (Mark) of Sunnyvale, CA, the family cat Bear of Los Altos, CA, brother Rene Brooks (Benedicte) of Morristown NJ and Sister Elizabeth Brooks Sisson (James) of Richmond, CA. He is predeceased by his sister, Janice Brooks of Redwood City, CA.

There will not be a memorial service. Remembrances can be posted on https://www.legacy.com/ and https://www.spanglermortuary.com/obits

Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the Second Harvest of Silicon Valley ( https://impact.shfb.org/fundraiser/6797277 ) and Camphill Village Minnesota ( https://www.camphillmn.org ).