Entrepreneur. He is best known as the chairman of Hooters Restaurants, who began his successful climb by selling salad dressings and other products made by Naturally Fresh Foods, a company that he founded in 1967. He also was known for his charity,  giving $2 million to Coastal Carolina University to build it’s football stadium, now known as Brooks Stadium.  (bio by: Elizabeth Reed)  Family links:  Parents:  Gerald Ruthledge Brooks (1901 – 1985)  Mary Belle Bellamy Brooks (1913 – 2005)  Children:  Markvan Bellamy Brooks (1966 – 1993)*  Sibling:  Mary Elsie Brooks (____ – 1941)*  Robert Howell Brooks (1937 – 2006) *Calculated relationship