Brooks, Harvey

Harvey Brooks (1915-) was appointed Gordon McKay Professor in the Division of Applied Science in 1950, served as Dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Physics from 1956 to 1975, and was appointed the first Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy in 1976, becoming Emeritus in 1986. His research interests have been in solid state theory, the behavior of semiconductors at high pressure, radiation effects on solids, and nuclear reactor theory. Chairman and member of numerous university, scientific, and government committees, Brooks has been a leading figure in the debate surrounding the relationship among science, technology, and public policy and the accountability of scientists to government, industry, and the general public.

In 1940 Brooks received his Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University. Previously, he earned an A.B. in mathematics from Yale University in 1937 and spent 1937-1938 at Clare College, Cambridge, England on a Henry Fellowship where he studied mathematical physics.

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