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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectD. Allan Bromley
Dates
May 4, 1926 – February 10, 2005
Authorized Form of Name
Bromley, D. Allan (David Allan), 1926-2005
Additional Forms of Names
Bromley, D. Allan, 1926-2005
Bromley, David Allan, 1926-2005
Biography
Abstract
D. Allan Bromley, a Yale University professor and nuclear physicist, studied the structure and dynamics of atomic nuclei. He was also the founder and director of the A. W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory at Yale. From 1989 to 1993, D. Allan Bromley served as George H. W. Bush's science and technology adviser.
Important Dates
May 4, 1926Birth, Westmeath (Ont. : Township).
1948Obtained BSc, Queen's University, Kingston (Ont.).
1950Obtained MSc, Queen's University, Kingston (Ont.).
1951Obtained MS, University of Rochester, Rochester (N.Y.).
1952Obtained PhD in Nuclear Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester (N.Y.).
1952 – 1954Instructor in Physics (1952-1953) and Assistant Professor of Physics (1953-1954), University of Rochester, Rochester (N.Y.).
1955 – 1960Associate Research Officer (1955-1957) and Senior Research Officer and Section Head (1958-1960), Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd, Deep River (Ont.).
1960 – 2005Associate Professor of Physics (1960-1961); Professor of Physics (1961-1972); Associate Director, Heavy Ion Accelerator Laboratory (1960-1963); Director, A. W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory (1963-1989); Chair, Department of Physics (1970-1977); Henry Ford II Professor of Physics (1972-1993); Dean of Engineering (1994-2000); and Sterling Professor of the Sciences (1993-2005), Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1970Became a United States citizen.
1982President, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
1988Member, National Science Board.
1988Awarded National Medal of Science.
1989 – 1993Director and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President.
1990Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1997President, American Physical Society.
February 10, 2005Death, New Haven (Conn.).
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Bromley, John W.
Brother.
Bromley, Lynn
Daughter.
Colleagues
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Lamb, Willis E. (Willis Eugene), 1913-2008
Both employed at Yale University.
Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-
Both employed at Yale University.
Marshak, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1916-1992
Both employed at University of Rochester.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Additional
Field, George B., 1929-
Soper, Nancy N.
Vogt, E. W.
Institutions
Major Positions
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Associate Research Officer, and Senior Research Officer and Section Head.
United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy
Director and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology.
University of Rochester. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained MS in 1951 and PhD (Nuclear Physics) in 1952. Instructor in Physics and Assistant Professor of Physics.
Yale University. Physics Department
Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Chair, Department of Physics; Director, A. W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory; Associate Director, Heavy Ion Accelerator Laboratory; Henry Ford II Professor of Physics; and Sterling Professor of the Sciences.
Yale University. School of Engineering & Applied Science
Dean of Engineering.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
President.
President.
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
National Science Board (U.S.)
Member.
Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Department of Physics
Obtained BSc in 1948 and MSc in 1950.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Distinguished speaker session [sound recording], 1974 April 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Gregory Breit Symposium [sound recording], 1968 May 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with D. Allan Bromley, 1986 October 29 and 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Sessions from the annual meeting of Corporate Associates [sound recording], 1969 September 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Sessions from the annual meeting of Corporate Associates [sound recording], 1970 October 5-6.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Symposium of the Division of Nuclear Physics [sound recording] : Thomas Lauritsen Memorial Session / 1974 April 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Talk on the physics survey report [sound recording] / 1972 April 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Elmer Hutchisson papers, 1919-1982.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
History of physics audio-visual collection, circa 1918-1996, 1960-1988 (bulk)
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics records, 1922-1999 (bulk: 1972-1999).
Centrum för Vetenskapshistoria
Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademien
Stockholm, Sweden
Oral history interview with George Brooks Field, 1980 July 14 and 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Selected talks from Corporate Associates Meetings [videorecording] : 1983-1987.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
A century of physics / D. Allan Bromley.
Facets of physics / Edited by D. Allan Bromley and Vernon W. Hughes.
Federal science & technology policy [videorecording] by the Honorable D. Allan Bromley.
Physics doctorates of Yale / Nancy N. Soper, C. Marvin Curtis, D. Allan Bromley.
Proceedings. Edited by D.A. Bromley [and] E.W. Vogt.
The president's scientists : reminiscences of a White House science advisor / D. Allan Bromley.
Subject
David Allan Bromley Physics Today obituary.
David Allan Bromley: 1926-2005, Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences