Brookings
Encyclopedia
Organizations
- Brookings InstitutionBrookings InstitutionThe Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy organization based in Washington, D.C.
Places
- Brookings, OregonBrookings, OregonBrookings is a city in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It was named after John E. Brookings, president of the Brookings Lumber and Box Company, which founded the city in 1908. As of the 2010 census the population was 6,336. The total population of the Brookings area is over 13,000, which...
, USA - Brookings, South DakotaBrookings, South DakotaBrookings is a city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. Brookings is the fourth largest city in South Dakota, with a population of 22,056 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Brookings County, and home to South Dakota State University, the largest institution of higher...
, USA - Brookings County, South Dakota, USA
People
- Robert S. BrookingsRobert S. BrookingsRobert Somers Brookings was an American businessman and philanthropist, known for his involvement with Washington University in St. Louis and his founding of the Brookings Institution.-Biography:Brookings grew up on the Little Elk Creek in Cecil County, near Baltimore, Maryland...
, American businessman, founder of the Brookings Institution - Wilmot BrookingsWilmot BrookingsWilmot Wood Brookings was an American pioneer, frontier judge, and early South Dakota politician. He was the first provisional governor of Dakota Territory, and both the cities of Wilmot and Brookings as well as the county of Brookings South Dakota are named for him.Brookings was born in Woolwich,...
an American pioneer, frontier judge, and early South Dakota politician
Other uses
- Brookings AirportBrookings AirportBrookings Airport , is a public airport located one mile northeast of the city of Brookings in Curry County, Oregon, USA. Brookings is on the Chetco River, and is famed for Brookings Harbor.Facilities...
, an airport in Brookings, Oregon - The Brookings effectBrookings effectThe Brookings effect, also known as the Chetco effect, is a weather pattern that occasionally occurs along the southern Oregon Coast in the United States...
, a weather pattern on the Oregon coast - Brookings HallBrookings HallBrookings Hall is a Collegiate Gothic landmark on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The building, first named "University Hall", was built between 1900 and 1902 and served as the administrative center for the 1904 World's Fair...
the administrative building at Washington University in St. Louis - Brookings Regional AirportBrookings Regional AirportBrookings Regional Airport , formerly known as Brookings Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport located in the city of Brookings, in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. As of 2007, it is no longer served by a commercial airline...
, an airport in Brookings, South Dakota - The Brookings ReportBrookings ReportProposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs, often referred to as "the Brookings Report", was commissioned by NASA and created by the Brookings Institution in collaboration with NASA's Committee on Long Range Studies in 1960...
, a 1961 Brookings Institution report on the implications of space travel