Obituary of Brandon Miles Rogers

Brandon Miles Rogers, age 85, April 23, 1928 - September 1, 2013. He was President of Brandon M. Rogers & Associates, P.C. in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan; serving as a Community Planning Consultant to over 200 municipalities nationally. He also served as an Economic and Marketability Consultant to over 150 financial institutions and many land development businesses. He provided professional services to prepare applications on behalf of state and national banks, savings & loan associations and de novo financial institutions, also providing expert testimony in Courts of law and appearances before State Financial Institution Bureaus, the Comptroller of the Currency, and Federal Home Loan Boards in issues involving need & necessity, capital adequacy, acquisitions. Previous experience was serving as Senior City Planner for the City of Detroit, Executive Vice President for Parkins, Rogers & Associates, Inc. of Detroit, and as Planning Analyst for the Chicago Land Clearance Commission. Mr. Rogers graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College where he received an AB Degree Cum Laude in Architectural Sciences. Thereafter, he graduated from the Harvard Graduation School of Design with a Master of City Planning degree. He served on active duty with the USAF during the Korean War, attending Officer Candidate School at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, receiving a Distinguished Graduate Diploma, Air Intelligence School at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado and Air University at Gunter Air Force Base in Alabama. He was an Air Installation Engineer and a Captain USAFR. Mr. Rogers was a Member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and was a registered Professional Community Planner (PCP) in Michigan having been appointed to the first State Board of Registration by Governor George Romney in 1968, also serving as Chairman of the Board. He was a member of the Michigan Society of Planning and the American Planning Association. He is included in Marquis, Who's Who in America, was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and a member of the American Legion. He was a member of Grosse Pointe (MI) Rotary Club. Mr. Rogers was an Adjunct Professor at Lawrence Technological University, College of Architecture and Design, and lectured at other universities. Among his important jobs was preparation of plans and ordinances for the City of Detroit where he was Senior City Planner; City of Hartford Connecticut; City of Saginaw, Michigan; Clare County, Michigan; Ottawa County , Ohio; Sparta Regional Area, Kent County, Michigan; City of Beavercreek, Ohio; City of Falls Church, Virginia; City of Livonia, Michigan; City of Novi, Michigan; Village of Franklin, Michigan; Town of North Hampton, New Hampshire; Michigan Department of Transportation; Toledo-Lucas County (Ohio) Regional Area; City of Grosse Pointe Farms and MunisingTownship, Alger County, Michigan. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Williamson Rogers, three children, David Rogers of Harper Woods, Heather Hogan (David) of Nashville, and Andrew Rogers (Amy) of Grosse Pointe, also six grandchildren, Sasha Gnyp, Steven Gnyp, Matthew Gnyp, Noah Hogan, Lindsay Rogers and Bridget Rogers.