W. K. H. "Pief" Panofsky, 1919 - 2007

SLAC Professor and Director Emeritus

Panofsky Symposium

Stanford University, April 10, 2008

Panofsky Memorial Service

Pief Panofsky Memorial at SLAC, 9/28/2007

Professional and Biographical Information

• Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky: Scientist and Arms-Control Expert by Vera G. Lüth. Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. Vol. 63: 1-20 (Volume publication date October 2013) DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nucl-102711-095043
• Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky 1919-2007 National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir by Sidney D. Drell and George H. Trilling. 2010
• Memorial Resolution presented to the Stanford Faculty Senate, November 5, 2008
• A Brief Biography of Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, Panofsky Fellowship Website
• Biography of W. K. H. "Pief" Panofsky, Office of the Chief Research Officer, SLAC
• W. K. H. Panofsky Wikipedia entry
• Obituary, The New York Times, 28 September, 2007
• Obituary, The Guardian, 27 September 2007
• Obituary, Boston Globe, 28 September 2007
• Panofsky Prize (APS)
• Panofsky Fellowship (SLAC)
• Author profile in inSPIRE
• Pief Stories

Events and Photos

• W. K. H. Panofsky: 1919-2007, A Symposium Celebrating Pief. April 10, 2008, Stanford University
• Staff Memorial for Dr. Panofsky, September 28, 2007
• Nuclear Weapons: Security or Insecurity? SLAC Colloquium, March 12, 2007 (video and pdf of presentation)
• 1984 Pief-Fest, The SLAC Summer Institute on Particle Physics: The Sixth Quark (Published as SLAC-R-281)
  • Pief by Sidney Drell.
  • Science and Technology Policies for the 1980s by F. Press.
  • Inclusive Lepton-Hadron Experiments by J. Steinberger.
  • Forty-Five Years of e+e- Annihilation Physics: 1956 to 2001 by B. Richter.
  • We Need More Piefs by J. Wiesner.
• Panofsky Auditorium Dedication, May 5, 1999 (photos).
• San Francisco Exploratorium Lifetime Achievement Award, April 30, 2003.
• Pief Panofsky's 85th birthday (2004)
• Chinese Lion Dance honors Panofsky on 86th birthday (2005) article, photos
• Other Panofsky photo descriptions and thumbnails may be located by searching on
  • keyword = Panofsky on the SALLIE: Stanford All-Image Exchange in either the News Service or SLAC collection

Panofsky Non-technical publications

• Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky on Physics, Politics and Peace: Pief Remembers. W. K. H. Panofsky (Author), Jean Marie Deken (Contributing Editor). New York: Springer, 2007.
• The construction of SLAC and the Role of R. B. Neal. Proceedings of the Symposium on Electron Linear Accelerators in Honor of Richard B. Neal's 80th Birthday. September 5, 1997. (Published as SLAC-R-526)
• The evolution of particle accelerators and Colliders. Beamline Spring 1997.
• Sid Drell and Defense Policy (Presentation for Drell Symposium, July 31, 1998) audio (Note: Video unavailable. The beginning of the audio is clipped.)
• Panofsky, W. K. H. An Informal History of SLAC Part Two: The Evolution of SLAC and Its Program. SLAC Beam Line Special Issue Number 3, May 1983.
• Panofsky, W. K. H. Big Physics and Small Physics at Stanford. Stanford Historical Society, Sandstone and Tile Volume 14, no. 3 (Summer 1990) p. 1-10.

Panofsky Technical publications

For a list of Professor Panofsky's Technical Publications, please go to inSPIRE.

Publications about Panofsky

• Jackson, John David. Panofsky agonistes: the 1950 loyalty oath at Berkeley. Physics Today. January 2009. p. 41-47

Archival Materials

Consult The Panofsky Papers Guide for a description of papers held by the SLAC Archives, History and Records Office. See also the Stanford Spotlight Exhibt on the Panofsky Papers

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