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Directors-General at CERN

 

AMALDI Edoardo, Secretary-General (1952-1954)

BLOCH, Felix (October 1954 - August 1955)

BAKKER, Cornelis (September 1955 - April 1960)

ADAMS, John, Acting Director-General (May 1960 - July 1961)

WEISSKOPF, Victor Frederik (August 1961 - December 1965)

GREGORY, Bernard (January 1966 - December 1970)

JENTSCHKE, Willibald, Director-General for CERN Laboratory I (January 1971 - December 1975)

ADAMS, John, Director-General for CERN Laboratory II (January 1971 - December 1975)

ADAMS, John, Executive Director-General (January 1976 - December 1980)

VAN HOVE, Léon, Director-General for Research (January 1976 - December 1980)

SCHOPPER, Herwig (January 1981 - December 1988)

RUBBIA, Carlo (January 1989 - December 1993)

LLEWELLYN SMITH, Christopher (January 1994 - to December 1998

MAIANI, Luciano (January 1999 - December 2003)

AYMAR, Robert (January 2004 - 2008)

HEUER, Rolf Dieter (January 2009 - to date)

 

Information sources for the biographies of CERN Directors-General

  • The History of CERN Vols. I, II and III (North-Holland Publishing Company).
  • CERN Courier
  • CERN Weekly Bulletins
  • Press releases on Directors-General
  • Curricula Vitae held by CERN Archives