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D. Allan Bromley

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Allan Bromley
5th Director of theOffice of Science and Technology Policy
In office
August 1989 – January 20, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byWilliam Wells (acting)
Succeeded byJack Gibbons
Personal details
Born(1926-05-04)May 4, 1926
Westmeath,Canada
DiedFebruary 10, 2005(2005-02-10)(aged 78)
New Haven, Connecticut,U.S.
EducationQueen's University(BS,MS)
University of Rochester(MS,PhD)
AwardsNational Medal of Science(1988)
AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize(1996)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Rochester
Atomic Energy of Canada
Yale University
Duke University
Office of Science and Technology Policy
ThesisGround state parities of Nitrogen-14 and Carbon-14(1952)
Doctoral advisorHarry Fulbright
Doctoral studentsJoseph P. Allen
Joel S. Birnbaum
Richard F. Casten

David Allan Bromley(May 4, 1926 – February 10, 2005) was a Canadian-American physicist, academic administrator andscience advisorto PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush.[1]His field of research was the study of low-energynuclearreactions and structure usingheavy ionbeams.

Life

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The Bromley family circa 1920. From the left: Milton Escort Bromley (D. Allan Bromley's father), Sarah Holmes Gordon Bromley (paternal grandmother); David Bromley, (grandfather); and Retta Bromley (paternal aunt)

Born inWestmeath,Ontario,Canada, he received aBachelor of Sciencein 1949 and aMaster of Sciencein 1950 fromQueen's University.He received aM.S.and aPh.D.degree innuclear physicsin 1952 from theUniversity of Rochesterin the United States.[2]From 1952 to 1953, he was an instructor, and from 1953 to 1954 he was an assistant professor at the University of Rochester. In 1955, he was hired as an associate research officer,Atomic Energy of CanadaLtd., and from 1958 to 1960 he was a senior research officer and section head.

In 1960, he moved to the United States to become an associate professor of physics atYale University.He became a U.S. citizen in 1970. He was appointed a professor in 1961 and was associate director of the Heavy Ion Accelerator Lab from 1960 to 1963. He was the founder, and from 1963 to 1989, the director, of Yale's A. W. Wright Nuclear Structure Lab. From 1970 to 1977, he was chairman of the physics department. In 1972, he was appointed the Henry Ford II Professor of Physics and was in this position until 1993.

Before being appointed under the Bush Cabinet, he was a member of PresidentRonald Reagan'sWhite HouseScience Council. While serving as Bush's science advisor from 1989 to 1993, he pushed for major increases in scientific research funding so that the United States could compete withJapanandGermanyin manufacturing. He also supported the expansion of the high-speed network which eventually became theInternet.In addition he is known for having played a key role in impeding progress toward international action on climate change at theNoordwijk Climate Conference.During the final negotiation, Bromley, urged byWhite House Chief of StaffJohn Sununu,convinced the conference to abandon the commitment to freeze emissions.[3]

Following his public policy work, he returned toYale Universityto serve asSterling Professor of the Sciencesand dean of the Yale Faculty of Engineering from 1994 to 2000. His tenure as dean substantially revived Yale's engineering programs and led to its re-establishment as theYale School of Engineering & Applied Science.[4]He continued teaching at Yale until his death in 2005.

Over his career, he had many honors including 33 honorary degrees and membership in the United States National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1988, Bromley was awarded theNational Medal of Science.[5]

Bibliography

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  • Bromley, DA;Feshbach, H;Garvey, GT;Hyde, E;Keller, OL; Weneser, J (1978). "Physicists Postpone Visit to Soviet Union".Science.200(4347): 1220–1222.Bibcode:1978Sci...200.1220B.doi:10.1126/science.200.4347.1220.PMID17738700.
  • Bromley, DA (1980). "Physics".Science.209(4452): 110–121.Bibcode:1980Sci...209..110B.doi:10.1126/science.209.4452.110.PMID17836565.S2CID220092644.
  • Bromley, DA (1981)."The Fate of the Seed Corn".Science.213(4504): 159.Bibcode:1981Sci...213..159B.doi:10.1126/science.213.4504.159.PMID17782758.
  • Bromley, DA (1981). "Echoes of Toronto".Science.213(4512): 1063.Bibcode:1981Sci...213.1063B.doi:10.1126/science.213.4512.1063.PMID17741081.
  • Bromley, DA (1982). "The Other Frontiers of Science".Science.215(4536): 1035–1044.Bibcode:1982Sci...215.1035B.doi:10.1126/science.215.4536.1035.PMID17771820.S2CID19978329.

Notes

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  1. ^"D. Allan Bromley, 79, Physicist Who Devised National Science Policy for the First President Bush, Dies".NY Times.13 February 2005.
  2. ^Bromley, David A. (1952).Ground state parities of Nitrogen-14 and Carbon-14(Ph.D.).University of Rochester.OCLC17528172– viaProQuest.
  3. ^Rich, Nathaniel(5 August 2018)."Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change".The New York Times Magazine.pp. 4–.ISSN0028-7822.Archivedfrom the original on 15 January 2022.
  4. ^Fellman, Bruce (April 2002)."Rebuilding Engineering".Yale Alumni Magazine.Retrieved18 March2015.
  5. ^National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science

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Acting
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