Waiting tables, selling newspapers, and other jobs to help pay for school
1916: 33rd Infantry of Michigan National Guard. Expedition against Pancho VIlla
1917-1919: U.S. Army. First lieutenant. Officers training camp at Ft. Sheridan and sent to France. Attended Frech Warfare School for American officers. 166th Infantry, 42nd (Rainbow) Division. Aisne-Marne, Saint-Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne offensives. After war served with the Army of Occupation on the Rhine in Germany until return in 1919.
1919: became assistant prosecuting attorney of Saginaw County
1922: Elected prosecuting attorney, served two terms
1927: Assistant Attorney General of Michigan
1928-1930: Attorney General of Michigan
Secured first radio communication equipment fo rthe Michigan State Police
House of David case in Supreme Court and won.
1931-1932: Governor of MIchigan
1933-1937: Law practice in Detroit
1937-1954: Partner in law firm of Clark, Klein, Brucker & Waples
1954: General Counsel fo the U.S. Department of Defense (nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower)
1955-1961: Secretary of the Army
1961-1968: law firm with son, Brucker & Brucker
1968: law firm merged and became Brucker, McInally, Rockwell, Wetzel & Brucker
Active member of Republica Part
Member of Masonic order (33rd degree)
Member of American Judicature Society, American Bible Society, Phi Gamma Delta, Delta Sigma Rho, Sigma Delta Kappa, Historical Society of Michigan, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Rainbow Division Veterans, National Sojourners, University of Michigan Lawyers Club, Detroit Citizens League
Elder and Trustee of the Washington D.C. Cathedral
1954: became counsel of the Department of Defense
1955: appointed Secretary of the Army under President Eisenhower
After 1961: returned to Detroit and private law practice
