| Harvey Brooks | |
| Birth Date: | 5 August 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Death Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Physics |
| Workplaces: | Harvard University |
| Alma Mater: | Yale University Harvard University |
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| Doctoral Advisor: | J. H. Van Vleck |
| Known For: | Contributions to the fundamental theory of semiconductors and the band structure of metals |
| Awards: | Ernest O. Lawrence Award of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Philip Hauge Abelson Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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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 the founder and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids.[3] 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 president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[2] the National Academy of Engineering, [2] the American Philosophical Society,[5] and the Council on Foreign Relations.[2]
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]