Sidney D. Drell, 1926 - 2016
Professor and Deputy Director Emeritus, Theorist, Arms
Control Expert
Professional and Biographical Information
- Hoover Fellows Discussion of life and
legacy of Sid Drell, June 17, 2021
- Sidney D. Drell 1926-2016. National Academy of Sciences
Biographical Memoir,
2018, by Robert Jaffe and Raymond Jeanloz
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SLAC Celebrates Legacy of Theoretical Physicist Sidney Drell. US Department of Energy, 2018-02-06
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Sidney Drell, theoretical physicist and national security expert at Stanford, dies at 90. Stanford News Service.
- In Memoriam:
Sidney D. Drell, 1926-2016, Arms Control Association, January/February 2017. By Daryl G. Kimball
- Sidney Drell, Who Advised Presidents
on Nuclear Weapons, Dies at 90. New York Times. December 22, 2016
- The Friendships of Sid Drell by Philip Taubman. Stanford
Alumni Magazine March/April 2017
- SLAC Director's Office
profile
- Hoover Institution profile
- Sidney D. Drell: Into the Heart of Matter, Passionately by Lenora Ferro with Susan Southworth, 2021
- The Legacy of Sidney Drell, William Grimes, New York Times, 12/24/2016
- Center for International Security and Cooperation
(CISAC) profile
- Sid Stories
- Interview with Sidney Drell, InMenlo
blog, August 23, 2012
- Wikipedia entry
- Biography from program for Drell's 50-year Service Award:
Sidney Drell, Professor Emeritus, Director's Office, 7/1/1954
Sidney Drell came to Stanford in 1951 after obtaining his Ph.D. at the University of
Illinois in 1949. In 1956, Sidney was hired as a Professor of Physics at SLAC, as well as serving as
Deputy Director of SLAC from 1969 to 1998. Since 1998, he has been Professor Emeritus at SLAC and
senior fellow, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. He was also a
founding member of JASON, a group of scientists who consult the government on critical national issues.
Sidney served as a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board from 1993 to 2001. He
has served on many other outstanding positions and received many awards and accolades for his work in
physics and nuclear arms control. In 1998, it was said of Sid’s impact on arms control & defense, that
“Sid has been an important contributor to, indeed shaper of, the debates and the concerns about the
issues. His research and contributions have spanned the fields of theoretical physics, elementary
particle physics, and quantum theory; national security and arms control.
- Foreword (Appreciation of Sid Drell) by James D. Bjorken, and
Reflections by Sidney D. Drell, and
A Physicist in the World of Violins by William Atwood. In SLAC
Beam Line Quarterly, Summer, 1998.
Events and Photos
- Sid Drell Symposium aka the Drell
Fest, an all-day symposium held at SLAC, 7/30/1998
- National Medal of Science, 2011
- NNSA Administrator's Gold Medal of Excellence 2012
- Heinz Public Policy Award
- The Heinz Awards including biography, speech,
and video
- 5/3/2005 Press Release: Nuclear
Arms Adviser Sidney Drell to Receive Heinz Public Policy Award
- Enrico Fermi Award
- Drell-Richter Softball Trophy
- SLAC Colloquia
- Hoover Institution
- For a list of photo descriptions of Drell (some with thumbnails) in the SLAC Archives, History and Records
Office collections, please search the SLAC catalog in SALLIE (works best in Firefox browser)
Publications
Archival Materials
- Drell papers held by the SLAC Archives, History & Records Office are
currently being processed, and are not yet open for research. SLAC
staff may access descriptions of his papers by
clicking this link
and entering his last name, first initial in the search box at the upper right on that page.
- Sidney D. Drell miscellaneous papers at the
Hoover Institution
- Niels Bohr Library & Archives, Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics oral history
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