Honoring Burton Richter

Profile of Burt Richter again a photo-illustration of physics symbols
(Terry Anderson, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

 

Name:

Honoring Burton Richter

Date:

May 2020

Location:

Remote/Virtual

Overview:

We wish to invite you to join us for Honoring Burton Richter, a day-long symposium celebrating the life’s work of Nobel Laureate Burton Richter. The symposium will be held on Friday, May 15, 2020 in the Panofsky Auditorium at SLAC, and will be followed by a reception and dinner at the Alumni Center on Stanford Campus.

We intend to collect notes and personal memories from Burton’s friends and colleagues.  We would appreciate if you could submit your contribution before the end of June 2020. The contributions will be publicly accessible and become part of SLAC’s Archive.

Organizing Committee:

  • JoAnne Hewitt (Chair)
  • Arthur Bienenstock
  • Marty Breidenbach
  • Jonathan Dorfan
  • John Jaros
  • Melinda Lee
  • Gregory Loew
  • Vera Lüth
  • Helen Quinn
  • Thomas Rizzo
  • Roy Schwitters

Program:

Honoring Burton Richter Poster & Program (PDF)