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Press Release

B Factory Leader Dorfan Named Third Director of SLAC (PDF)

Jonathan Dorfan, associate director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and head of its B-Factory project, has been named SLAC's third director, President Gerhard Casper announced Tuesday, Dec. 22.

February 22, 1998
Jonathan Dorfan
Press Release

Dr. Lev Okun Honored by the Open Society Institute

Dr. Lev Okun will receive a special award created by the Open Society Institute (George Soros, Chairman) in recognition of his work in support of scientists in Russia. Sidney Drell will present the award on behalf of George Soros.

December 9, 1997  ·  1 min read
Lev Okun and Sidney Drell at the installation of the BaBar Coil at SLAC's IR2
Press Release

Arthur Bienenstock Named Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

The White House has announced the intent to nominate Arthur Bienenstock to the post of Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Bienenstock is Director of the  Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, a division of the  Stanford...
September 25, 1997
News Feature · VIA Stanford Magazine

The Making of Project M

Forty years ago,Wolfgang Panofsky dreamed up the largest, most expensive piece of machinery ever used in experimental physics. Today we call it SLAC.

May 1, 1997
Project M article on front page of Stanford Daily newspaper in 1960

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