[Interactions News Wire] #50-07 - SLAC: Drell appointed acting director at SLAC as Dorfan accepts new university position

Interactions News Wire #50-07
10 September 2007 http://www.interactions.org
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Source: SLAC
Content: Press Release
Date Issued: 10 September 2007
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*Drell appointed acting director at SLAC as Dorfan accepts new
university position*

Persis Drell, deputy director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
(SLAC), has been appointed acting director by university President John
Hennessy while the search for the successor to Jonathan Dorfan continues
during the fall.

Dorfan, who last March announced his intention to step down this fall
after eight years as SLAC's director, will relocate to the university's
main campus and become an assistant to the president. In this role,
Dorfan will focus on the relationship between Stanford and SLAC,
including the renewal of the lease of the SLAC site to the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) and Stanford's contract to continue
overseeing SLAC on behalf of the DOE.

Drell's appointment as acting director is effective immediately. The
international search for a new SLAC director is expected to be completed
later this year.

"As director, Jonathan has amplified the interaction between SLAC and
the main campus, making it an ever more important asset to the
university," said Hennessy. "He is the perfect person to help us cement
that relationship."

He added, "I also appreciate Persis' willingness to lead SLAC at this
critical time. I am confident that she will not only maintain but
accelerate the changes Jonathan has initiated."

The university's operating contract with the DOE for SLAC expires on
Sept. 30, 2007. The DOE has indicated it will grant Stanford a two-year
extension. The lease agreement between Stanford and the DOE for the SLAC
site expires in 2012.

http://www.slac.stanford.edu/

Contact:
Neil Calder
Director of Communications
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
2575 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park CA 94025
U.S.A.

T: +1 650 926 8707
F: +1 650 926 8793
neil.calder@slac.stanford.edu
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