September 25, 2007

Director Panofsky dies

Wolfgang "Pief" K. H. Panofsky died of a heart attack on the evening of September 24, 2007. Pief was the founding director of the lab and led SLAC until 1984. He remained active and engaged until the day of his death. We will miss him very, very much. As a way of celebrating and remembering him, we'd like to collect any of your "Pief Stories" that you would like to share with us, be they funny, serious, casual, profound, or somewhere in-between. Staff Memorial for Dr. Panofsky, September 28, 2007 (streaming video).

By jmdeken@slac.s…

W K H Panofsky (pointing) and Felix  Bloch at SLAC site picnic, 1962.
W K H Panofsky (pointing) and Felix Bloch at SLAC site picnic, 1962. (Panofsky family)