Harvey Brooks (August 5, 1915 – May 28, 2004) was an American

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, "a pioneer in incorporating science into public policy", notable for helping to shape national science policies and who served on science advisory committees in the administrations of Presidents

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, and

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. New York Times:Harvey Brooks, 88; Advised U.S. on Science;By JEREMY PEARCE;June 13, 2004
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/ref> Brooks was also notable for his contributions to the fundamental theory of semiconductors and the band structure of metals. Brooks was dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the

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. Brooks was also the founder and editor-in-chief of the '' International Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids''. He was elected to the

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"for technical contributions to solid-state engineering and nuclear reactors; leadership in national technological decisions". He was also Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy at

Honors and awards

Brooks was president of the

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and a member of the

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, the

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, and the

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. He received the Ernest O. Lawrence Award of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Philip Hauge Abelson Prize of the

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Chronology

* 1915: born in

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on August 5 * 1937: B.S. in mathematics,

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* 1940: Ph.D in physics,

* 1945: married to Helen G. Lathrop on October 20 * 1940–1946: faculty member,

* 1946–1950: Associate Head of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory,

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* 1950–1957: Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics,

* 1957–1975: Dean, the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS),

* 1961: Elected to the

* 1962: Elected to the

* 2004: death

References

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