Harvey Brooks (physicist)

Dr. Harvey Brooks (August 5, 1915 – May 28, 2004) was an American physicist, "a pioneer in incorporating science into public policy", ^[1] notable for helping to shape national science policies and who served on science advisory committees in the administrations of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Brooks was also notable for his contributions to the fundamental theory of semiconductors and the band structure of metals.^[3] Brooks was dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the Harvard University.^[2] Brooks was also president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,^[2] a member of the National Academy of Sciences,^[2] the National Academy of Engineering^[2] and the Council on Foreign Relations.^[2] He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering "for technical contributions to solid-state engineering and nuclear reactors; leadership in national technological decisions".^[3] He was also Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy at Harvard University.^[3] Brooks was also the founder and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids.^[3] He received the Ernest O. Lawrence Award of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Philip Hauge Abelson Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.^[3]

Chronology

• 1915: born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 5
• 1937: B.S. in mathematics, Yale University^[4]
• 1940: Ph.D in physics, Harvard University^[2]
• 1940–1946: faculty member, Harvard University
• 1946–1950: Associate Head of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, General Electric^[3]
• 1950–1957: Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, Harvard University^[3]
• 1957–1975: dean, the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University^[3]

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