About the Editor
Herwig Schopper joined as a research associate at
CERN since 1966 and returned in 1970 as leader
of the Nuclear Physics Division and went on to
become a member of the directorate responsible for
the coordination of CERN’s experimental program.
He was chairman of the ISR Committee at CERN
from 1973 to 1976 and was elected as member of
the Scientific Policy Committee in 1979. Following
Léon Van Hove’s and John Adams’ years as DirectorGeneral for research and executive Director-General,
Schopper became the sole Director-General of CERN
in 1981.
Schopper’s years as CERN’s Director-General saw
the construction and installation of the Large ElectronPositron Collider (LEP) and the first tests of four
detectors for the LEP experiments. Several facilities
(including ISR, BEBC, and EHS) had to be closed to
free up resources for LEP.
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Herwig Schopper joined as a research associate at
CERN since 1966 and returned in 1970 as leader
of the Nuclear Physics Division and went on to
become a member of the directorate responsible for
the coordination of CERN’s experimental program.
He was chairman of the ISR Committee at CERN
from 1973 to 1976 and was elected as member of
the Scientific Policy Committee in 1979. Following
Léon Van Hove’s and John Adams’ years as DirectorGeneral for research and executive Director-General,
Schopper became the sole Director-General of CERN
in 1981.
Schopper’s years as CERN’s Director-General saw
the construction and installation of the Large ElectronPositron Collider (LEP) and the first tests of four
detectors for the LEP experiments. Several facilities
(including ISR, BEBC, and EHS) had to be closed to
free up resources for LEP.
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