Walter "Juni" Zawojski, 1912 - 2009

SLAC Photographer and Graphic Artist

*(SLAC - Muffley)* Walter Zawojski, 2011

Professional and Biographical Information

Obituary Los Altos Town Crier, 29 July 2009
Biographical essay from the January 27, 1984 Twenty-year Service Awards program:

"Walter really first started with Stanford over 30 years ago when he spent three years at the University as a photographer. He came to SLAC in 1963 after spending eight years in Graphic Arts with SRI. Walter'’s contribution to the laboratory has been in two ways.

First, he has provided photographics, photo processing, technical illustration, visual aid, and special project services which have been prodigious in every sense of the word.

Second, he has created true works of art in visuals depicting technological devices and scientific concepts. (Walter has his BA in Applied Art from the Fine Arts Academy of Budapest and his MA in Fine Art from San Jose State.) His work not only has served the laboratory so well but also has been exhibited and published widely."

Kathleen Maddern. "SLAC Enters London Exhibition". The Beam Line (SLAC employee newsletter) Vol. 2 No. 2. April 19 1971: 2 -2. "Beauty is where you find it...The Lab asked Walter Zawojski, SLAC's Graphic Artist, to represent SLAC in an international science-oriented exhibition on 'Unlikely Photography' to be held by the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, England this coming summer."
SLAC Staff Member Exhibits Paintings. The Beam Line, Vol. 5 No. 1. May 1 1974: 2-2. "Widely acclaimed artist, Walter Zawojski was recently invited to exhibit his collection of paintings entitled "Forms of Imagination" at February Convention of American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco."

Events and Photos

Below are just a smattering of the photographs and images that Walter Zawojski created for SLAC, many of them iconic representations of SLAC science, facilities, and staff.

Bubble chamber event with added message at top right 1/3/1968 *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

linac artwork — Watercolor cutaway illustration of the SLAC two-mile accelerator *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

waveguide illustration — Graphic rendition of particle passing through accelerator waveguide *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

The advancing frontier of elementary particle physics illustration, 1970's *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

Goodall lecture poster, 1971 — 1971 poster art for Jane Goodall lecture at SLAC *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

SPEAR, 1972 — SPEAR 'end' of construction, 04/26/1972 *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

Paleoparadoxia skeleton drawing — Illustration of paleoparadoxia repenningi skeleton, 3/1/1973 *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

LASS spectrometer exploded schematic illustration. 2/21/1974 *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

MARK I — The Mark I detector at SPEAR, 1978 *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

Burton Richter in his office, 1976 — Burton Richter receives congratulations on winning Nobel Prize. 10/18/1976 *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

Crystal Ball detector — Crystal Ball components illustration, 1978 *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

Mark II detector rebuilding, 1986 — Early 1986 work on rebuilding the Mark II detector central drift chamber for use at the SLC *(SLAC - Zawojski)*

Archival Materials

Walter Zawojski materials held by the SLAC Archives and History Office are primarily described in the Stanford ALL Images Exchange (SALLIE) database. Descriptions (and some thumbnails) of the over 1300 photographs he took of and for SLAC can be accessed here .

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