David Allan Bromley: The Early Champion of Information Super Highway and Open Access to Science

Authors

  • Randy Ray

Keywords:

United States, Nuclear Physics, Internet, Information Superhighway, Science Policy, Open Access

Abstract

Having grown up as a small boy on a farm in Northern Canada without plumbing or electricity, David Allan Bromley went on to become the first sterling Professor of the sciences at Yale University, Chair of its Physics Department, and Dean of Engineering; at various times President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Union of Pure and Applied Physics, and the American Physical Society; the first cabinet-level assistant to the President of the United States for Science and Technology with direct access to the President; and the Senate-confirmed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He was an early champion of high speed network which he called  'data superhighway' now known as the Internet and Information superhighway, as well as the concept of Open Access to Science. He was a leading figure in nuclear physics. In the area of public policy he will be remembered as one of the most effective Science Advisers to the President of the United States.

Author Biography

  • Randy Ray 
    Randy Ray was born in Toronto and was educated at the University of Toronto and
Ryerson University. He is  an experienced Canadian journalist, freelance writer and
best-selling author. He was a reporter for 13 years with The London Free Press, in
London, Ontario, including three years as the paper's Parliament Hill bureau chief.
As a freelance writer, he has had articles published in many Canadian newspapers and
magazines, including The Globe & Mail, Ottawa Citizen, Halifax Chronicle Herald and
the Vancouver Sun. He has co-written ten  books about Canada and is a member of
Ottawa Independent Writers, which represents more than 140 Ottawa-area authors,
freelance writers, editors and illustrators.

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Published

2018-01-19

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Vol. 4 No. 4 (2017): Informatics Studies

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