Willibald Jentschke – 100.Founding father of DESY

Prof. Dr. Joachim Mnich

DESY6. December 2011

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Curriculum Vitae

> * 6. December 1911 in Vienna

> 4 Phases: 1935 – 1947 Nuclear Physics in Vienna, involved in the German nuclear energy project (Uranverein)

1947 – 1956 emigrated to USA, Prof. at Univ. of Illinois, Director of the Cyclotron Laboratory

1956 – 1970 Particle Physics in Hamburg

1959 Foundation of DESY, GD of DESY and II. Inst. Exp. Phys.

1971 – 1976 Particle Physics in GenevaDG of CERN

> † 11 March 2002 in Hamburg

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Honors

> Member of Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur, Mainz

> Corresponding Member ofÖsterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna

> Honorary Doctor's Degree of theUniversity of Illinois

> Wilhelm-Exner-Medaille, 1971

> Honorary Doctor's Degree of theRWTH Aachen, 1990

> John T.Tate Award of theAmerican Institute of Physics, 1996

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Snap shots, recorded between 1963 and 1971

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1965: DESY

DESY – steady growth in the past 50 years

> Hamburg

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Later Photographies

1996: Tate Medal

2000: 40y DESY

1985: 25y DESY

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Lectures:

> The scientific spirit in the research at DESY was strongly influenced by Jentschke

> Performing basic research using modern technologies

> Concentrating world experts at DESY

> Developing accelerators at the energy frontier

> Promoting a trustful, open minded spirit at DESY