Doug Brook

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25 years on, celebrating the impact of the Ford School Committee

Dec 27, 2016

First gathering The Ford School Committee began to meet regularly in 1991. Known then as the Committee for IPPS (the Institute for Public Policy Studies, or IPPS, was the predecessor to the Ford School), the goal was to promote, and increase...

Doug Brook (MPA '67) honored with Naval Postgraduate School teaching excellence award

Jan 18, 2012

Ford School alumnus Doug Brook (MPA '67) was awarded the prestigious 2011 Naval Postgraduate School's Louis D. Liskin Award for Teaching Excellence.The Graduate School of Business and Public Policy's graduating class of students select the Liskin...

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Leading Budget Expert, Alum Finds Creative Ways to 'Pay it Forward'

Apr 22, 2010

Doug Brook is the first to say the University of Michigan changed his life. "I am the Michigan story," he says. The University may have changed his life, but he credits the Ford School for having shaped his career. After completing a bachelor's in...

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Greetings from the Dean

Oct 14, 2009

Greetings! We are off to an extraordinarily busy and exciting fall at the Ford School. The incoming classes of MPP, PhD, and BA students have already made a mark on the community with their enthusiasm and engagement. A record number of students...

Douglas Brook: Budgeting for national security

Nov 2, 2009 1:29:58

Doug Brook talks about reasonings of U.S. investment in national security, the history of defense budgets, and the sensitivity of budgets to historical events as well as discretionary programs and entitlements. November, 2009.