 Andrew Sessler received an AB from Harvard University and an MA and PhD from Columbia University. After spending seven years on the faculty of Ohio State University he came to what is now the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in 1961 and has remained there ever since. He has published over 400 scientific papers and has received a number of awards, including the Lawrence Award and the Wilson Prize. He is a director emeritus of LBNL, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and former president of the American Physical Society. He has served on many panels and committees and has been active in arms control and human rights. He has been Chairman of the Federation of American Scientists, co-founded the human rights group SOS, and was the first winner of the Nicholson Medal. He is active in the Union of Concerned Scientists and Amnesty International. |
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 Edmund Wilson graduated in Physics from Oxford in 1959. He first worked in experimental particle dynamics at the Rutherford Laboratory but soon became interested in the theory of particle accelerators. He moved to CERN in 1967, to become right-hand man to John Adams, preparing the design of the SPS. During SPS construction, he led the theory group, and spent a sabbatical at Fermilab, where, together with Rae Stiening, he corrected non-linear and collective effects to coax the new 500 GeV synchrotron into life. He led the commissioning of SPS and its preparation as a storage ring before joining the Antiproton Accumulator team as they began to commission that unique machine. He also contributed to LEP and LHC before spending twelve years as head of the CERN Accelerator School. He is now a Visiting Professor at Oxford, in the John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science.
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