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'''Lewis McAdory Branscomb''' (August 17, 1926 – May 31, 2023) was an American physicist, government policy advisor, and corporate research manager. He was best known for being head of the [[National Bureau of Standards]] and, later, chief scientist of [[IBM]]; and as a prolific writer on science policy issues.

==Education and early life==
Branscomb received a B.A. in physics from [[Duke University]] in 1945. He joined the navy reserves, where he deployed to the Philippines as a junior officer. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1949,<ref name="thesis-branscomb-1950">((cite thesis |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/301814523/ |title=Anomalous rotation of molecules with applications to the temperature of the upper atmosphere, and a note on maximizing the ratio of "signal to noise" in spectrophotometry of weak light sources |date=1950 |publisher=[[Harvard University]] |degree=Ph.D. |last=Branscomb |first=Lewis M. |via=[[ProQuest]] |url-access=subscription |oclc=76979678))</ref> and remained two additional years as a [[Harvard Society of Fellows|junior fellow]].  These years, and his interactions with scholars as diverse as [[Clyde Kluckhohn]], [[Merle Fainsod]], [[William M. Fairbank|William Fairbank]], and [[Edward Mills Purcell|Edward Purcell]], kindled a lifelong interest in broad policy issues.<ref name=oh>American Institute of Physics, Oral History Project, [http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/4531.html Interview with Lewis Branscomb by Finn Aaserud at Armonk, New York, 7 April 1986]</ref> No less remembered from this period, Branscomb played the role of "Professor" in [[Tom Lehrer]]'s 1951 ''The Physical Revue'', premiering several Lehrer songs in early versions.<ref>[http://www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/lehrer/physrev.htm "The Physical Revue"], PhysicsSongs.org</ref>

==Early career==
Branscomb joined the [[NIST|U.S. National Bureau of Standards]] in 1951 as a research physicist.  Rising in management through several levels, he became the founding chair of the [[Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics]] (JILA), and was in 1969 appointed director of the National Bureau of Standards by President Nixon. In 1972, Branscomb moved to [[IBM Corporation]] as vice president and chief scientist, and was later a member of the IBM Corporate Management Board.  In 1986, he moved to Harvard as director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program in the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]], holding that position until 1996.<ref name=bbio>Branscomb Family Foundation, [http://www.branscomb.org/lewis.html Lewis Branscomb Professional Biography].</ref>

==Late career==
Branscomb was a member of President Johnson's [[President's Science Advisory Committee|Science Advisory Committee]] (PSAC) from 1964 to 1968, during which time (a critical early period of the [[Apollo program]]) he chaired PSAC's Panel on Space Science and Technology.<ref name=oh />  Under President Reagan, he was a member of the National Productivity Advisory Committee and was chair of the National Science Board (1980-1984).  Other honors include president of the [[American Physical Society]] (1979), elected memberships in all three U.S. national academies ([[National Academy of Sciences|NAS]], [[National Academy of Engineering|NAE]], and [[Institute of Medicine|IOM]], as well as the [[American Philosophical Society]]), and honorary degrees from 15 universities.  In 1998, Branscomb was awarded the Okawa Prize "for outstanding contributions to the progress of informatics, scientific and technological policy and corporate management." He served on the Advisory Board of the Journal of Science Policy & Governance.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/advisory-board.html|title = JSPG Advisory Board))</ref> Branscomb was a Fellow of [[National Academy of Public Administration (United States)]].<ref>((Cite web |last=Incorporated |first=Prime |title=National Academy of Public Administration |url=https://napawash.org/fellow/14534 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=National Academy of Public Administration |language=en))</ref>

==Death==
Branscomb died on May 31, 2023, at the age of 96.<ref>((cite news |title=Lewis Branscomb, Champion of Science Across Fields, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/technology/lewis-branscomb-dead.html |access-date=4 July 2023 |publisher=The New York Times |date=4 July 2023))</ref>

==Works==
Branscomb was an author of more than 500 scholarly publications and 11 books. He served on the boards of several corporations (including [[General Foods]] and [[Mobil]]) and many non-profit organizations. For a continuous period of 57 years Branscomb and/or his father, B. [[Harvie Branscomb]], served as a trustee of [[Vanderbilt University]].<ref name=bbio />

==Publications==
* Beyond Spinoff: Military and Commercial Technologies in a Changing World, (with J. Alic, et al., 1992)
* Empowering Technology: Implementing a U.S. Policy (1993)
* Confessions of a Technophile (1994)
* Converging Infrastructures: Intelligent Transportation and the National Information Infrastructure (with James Keller, 1996)
* Informed Legislatures: Coping with Science in a Democracy (with Megan Jones and David Guston, 1996)
* Korea at the Turning Point: Innovation-Based Strategies for Development (with H.Y. Choi, 1996)
* Investing in Innovation: Creating a Research and Innovation Policy that Works (with James Keller, eds., 1998)
* Industrializing Knowledge: University-Industry Linkages in Japan and the United States (with Fumio Kodama and Richard Florida, eds., 1999)
* Taking Technical Risks: How Innovators, Executives, and Investors Manage High-Tech Risks (with Philip E. Auerswald, 2001),
* Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism (co-chaired with Richard Klausner, Committee on S&T for Countering Terrorism, National Academies, 2002)
* Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action can Reduce Public Vulnerability (with P. Auerswald, Todd M. LaPorte, and E. Michel-Kerjan, Cambridge University Press, September 2006)

==References==
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==External links==
* ((official website|http://www.branscomb.org/lewis.html))
* [https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/4531 Oral history interview transcript with Lewis Branscomb, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives]
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