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.
[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.