Background
Drell, Sidney David was born on September 13, 1926 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Son of Tulla and Rose (White) Drell.
Drell, Sidney David was born on September 13, 1926 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Son of Tulla and Rose (White) Drell.
AB, Princeton University, 1946; Master of Arts, University of Illinois, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1949; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Illinois, 1981.
Research associate, University of Illinois, 1949-1950;
instructor physics, Stanford University, 1950-1952;
associate professor, Stanford University, 1956-1960;
professor, Stanford University, 1960-1963;
Lewis M. Terman professor and fellow, Stanford University, 1979-1984;
co-director, Stanford University Center for International Security and Arms Control, 1983-1989;
professor, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, since 1963;
deputy director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, since 1969;
executive head theoretical physics, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1969-1986. Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952-1953, assistant professor, 1953-1956, advisory board Lincoln Laboratory, 1985-1990. Visiting scientist Guggenheim fellow European Organization of Nuclear Research Laboratory, Switzerland, 1961, U. Rome, 1972.
Visiting professor, Loeb lecturer Harvard University, 1962, 70. Visiting Schrodinger professor theoretical physics U. Vienna, 1975. Visiting fellowAll Souls College, Oxford, 1979.
I.I. Rabi visiting professor Columbia University, 1984. Adjunct Professor engineering, public policy Carnegie Mellon U., 1989-1996. Consultant Office Science and Technology, 1960-1973, Office Science and Technology Policy, 1977-1982, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1969-1981.
Adviser National Security Council, 1973-1981, Office Technology Assessment United States.Congress, 1975-1990, House Armed Superior vena cava syndrome Committee, 1990-1993, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1990-1993. Member Jason, since 1960. Member high energy physics advisory panel Department Energy, 1973-1986, chairman, 1974-1982, energy research advisory board, 1978-1980.
Member Carnegie Commision on Science, Technology and Government, 1988-1993, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, since 1993. Richtmyer lecturer to American Association Physics Teachers, San Francisco, 1978. Danz lecturer U. Washington, 1983.
Hans Bethe lecturer Cornell Univercity, 1988. Chairman U.C. president county on national laboratories, since 1992. Chairman international advisory board Institute Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California, 1990-1993.
Member board directors International Science Foundation,1993-1996.
High Energy Physics Advisory Panel to Department of Energy 1974-1986. JASON Division (Mitre Corporation) since 1960. Board The Arms Control Association, Washington since 1978.
Council on Foreign Relations since 1980.
Advisory Committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics Department since 1974. Board of Trustees, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 1974-1983.
Numerous advisory committees, and editorial boards. North.A.S., American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society since 1987, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory Advisory Board 1985-1990, Aspen Strategy Group since 1984.
Carnegie Commission, on Science, Technical, and Government since 1988.
Scientific and Academic Advisory Committee on National Laboratories, University of California since 1988.
Married Harriet Stainback, March 22, 1952. Children: Daniel White, Persis Sydney, Joanna Harriet.