Douglas Lee Brooks

Background

Brooks, Douglas Lee was born on August 5, 1916 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of John Lee and Genevieve Marie (Ford) Brooks.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Yale University, 1938; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.

Career

Analyst, Operations Evaluation Group, Washington, 1948-1962; director research, Naval Warfare Analysis Group, Washington, 1958-1962; president, Travelers Research Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 1963-1969; special assistant to director, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1970-1972; executive director, National Advisory Committee Oceans and Atmosphere, Washington, 1972-1979.

Achievements

• Douglas Lee Brooks has been listed as a noteworthy policy analyst, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • America Looks to the Sea: Ocean Use and the National Interest

    (Book by Brooks, Douglas L.)

Membership

1st lieutenant United States Army, 1942-1946. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Meteorological Society, Marine Technology Society.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Blakey Thatcher, December 27, 1941. Children: John Christopher, Alison (deceased), Alan Douglas, Kenneth Thatcher, Donald Lee.

Father:

John Lee Brooks

Mother:

Genevieve Marie (Ford) Brooks

Spouse:

Elizabeth Blakey Thatcher

child:

Kenneth Thatcher Brooks

child:

John Christopher Brooks

child:

Alison Brooks (deceased)

child:

Donald Lee Brooks

child:

Alan Douglas Brooks