Harvey Brooks, 1962
Harvey Brooks was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Yale University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1937. He completed a Ph.D. degree in physics at Harvard University in 1940 under the direction of J.H. van Vleck. In 1946 he joined the staff at General Electric, serving as associate head of the Knolls Atomic Power Lab. He returned to Harvard in 1950, and from 1957 to 1975 served as Dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Physics. In addition to his research on solid state physics, nuclear engineering, and underwater acoustics, Harvey began devoting his energies to the link between science and public policy.
