'Interaction PointEvents and Happenings

in the SLAC CommunityFebruary 1991, Vol. 2, No. 2

Hosted by SLAC and LBLPARTICLE ACCELERATOR CONFERENCE NEEDS TEAM EFFORT

oome or me SLAuers ana groupies wno nave already nelpeca n organizing me large1991 Particle Accelerator Conference are (first row, left to right) Ron Koontz, VernPrice, Terry Anderson, Mary Ross, Janice Dabney, (second row, left to right) YvonneKennedy, Bette-Jane Ferandin, Crystal Tilghman, Sylvia MacBride, and Marcia Allen.(Missing from photo are Ken Martell and Nina Adelman Stolar.)

SLAC ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS,and physicists have contributed112 abstracts, more than any otherinstitution, to the 1991 ParticleAccelerator Conference to be heldMay 6-9 at the restored SheratonPalace Hotel in San Francisco.Almost 1200 abstracts have beenreceived, bringing the total of con-tributed and invited papers to 50%more than were submitted twoyears ago in Chicago. The U.S.A.leads the pack by country with 820contributed while Japan is secondwith 57.

This important conference isheld every other year and

alternates between the East, Mid-west, and West. The last time itwas held in San Francisco was in1979. The organizers this year areSLAC and Lawrence BerkeleyLaboratory (LBL). Los AlamosNational Laboratory is handlingregistration. This year's location isespecially noteworthy due to the$150 million restoration the Shera-ton Palace is currently undergoing(see box at right). When GregLoew of SLAC signed the contractin 1987 for 400 rooms, he had noidea that the Palace wouldcommence a two-year plus

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Palace To Reopen April 3

IN JANUARY 1989 the SheratonPalace Hotel closed for a restora-tion program that was expected tolast up to 18 months and cost $85million. Now, more than two yearslater, the hotel is still in the processof recapturing its old elegance, andthe restoration cost has escalatedto $150 million.

In June of 1989 the estimate foropening was July, 1990, then Sep-tember, then December, and youguessed it, Janauary 1991, untilseveral weeks ago when the officialopening date was scheduled forApril 3 (Deo volente). We sent our

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SLAC/ Campus Pool Resources

TO OFFER LAYOFFSUPPORT, SERVICES

SLAC AND THE CAMPUS havecombined their resources, as wellas enlisted the services of an out-placement firm, to provide maxi-mum support to people on layoffstatus. Each employee notified ofhis or her layoff has received infor-mation about the services avail-able, and we thought others mightbe concerned about and interestedin what we are doing to assistpeople as they search for newemployment. Following is a recapof some of the steps being taken:

A series of workshops hasbegun and provides the followingsupport: an orientation in whichthe range of services provided isexplained in detail, includinginformation about the status andcontinuation of benefits; a one-daySkills Assessment program to helppeople evaluate how their skillsmay be applied elsewhere, andpossible new ways to pursuetalents and interests; a two-dayworkshop to review skills, developan effective resume, and practicepresentation and interviewingskills.

Campus Placement Serviceskeeps names of persons on layoffstatus in an active file and sends allnew job postings to them for oneyear. They also bring resumes tothe attention of hiring departmentson campus if there is a matchbetween skills and openings.

SLAC is also providing servicessuch as telephone and desk spacefor following up on job leads;weekly classified want ad sectionsof local newspapers; compiling abook of resumes to be circulated toValley contacts. In addition, pro-fessional staff support is availableto any person on layoff seekingassistance during this time oftransition.

For further information, callHilda Korner at ext. 2203.

SLAC'S SELF-ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH

(ES&H) practices is now underway. During the week of February 4-8, over200 SLAC and SSRL personnel received training to help them understandOSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) regulations. The training, pre-sented by safety experts from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, wasdesigned not only to instruct the participants on the requirements of OSHA,but also to sharpen their inspection skills. About half the trainees aremembers of the inspection teams that began a thorough going-over of allSLAC buildings and grounds on February 12. Also receiving the trainingwere the associate directors, building managers, the Self Assessment TaskForce, and others with particular safety responsibilities.

Like the DOE Tiger Team inspection, SLAC's self assessment focuses onthree areas: Safety, Environment, and Management and Organization. Theinspections that are currently underway are designed to obtain informationon the first two areas. The Management and Organization assessment willinvolve analyzing the inspection data to determine the root cause of problemsthat are identified. It will also involve interviews with a number of individualsand an extensive review of documentation.

The ES&H Division also welcomes comments related to Laboratory safetyissues. Please send your suggestions to ESHIDEAS@SLACVM or ES&H Ideas atBin 84.[Editors' Note: This issue we introduce a new column, "Safety Spotlight." In it we will discusstopics by different contributors relating to general safety awareness.]

Spray Paint Cans Must Comply with New LawON JANUARY 1, 1991, a new envi-ronmental regulation became effec-tive which limits the types of aerosolspray paints sold and used in theBay Area. The new regulation waspassed to limit the emission ofvolatile organic compounds that areprecursors to the formation ofground level ozone.

The new regulation states thatpaints with more than 67% volatileorganic content cannot be sold orapplied within the Bay Area. To iden-tify paint that is compliant, distribu-tors selling paints within the areaare required to label cans with themaximum volatile organic content.

The paint which was distributedthrough the SLAC stores prior toJanuary 1, 1991, does not comply

with the new regulations and there-fore can no longer be used. All ofthese old cans of paint must be givento the Environmental Protection &Waste Management Department(EP&WM) for proper disposal. Thisapplies to all of these cans, regard-less of whether or not they are empty.In the event of an inspection, a fine of$1,000 per can of non-complyingpaint could be assessed.

To have non-complying paintpicked up for proper disposal, acompleted HW-1 form must be sub-mitted to the EP&WM Department atBin 84. To obtain a form call ext.3019. If you have any questions orwish to obtain a list of currentlyavailable complying paints, contactKaren Holtemann, ext. 4294.

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Academic Affairs Coordinator Brings Experience

NETNEWS is a bulletin board sys-tem with the information postingabilities of NEWS, the interactivecapabilities of CONSPIRE, and thefacilities of XEDIT and MAIL woventogether to utilize the information-sharing functions computers dobest. Whether you log on to theSLACVM system (from any type ofterminal) or use a Macintosh ter-minal hooked up to a network,you can use NETNEWS. Users onthe Macintosh network will findthe NETNEWS application on thePublic Server. It offers all thedescribed functionality in thepowerful Hypercard environment.(Contact your Apple Support Co-ordinator for further details.) AVAX version of NETNEWS is ex-pected to be in production shortly.

You can use NETNEWS to seethe latest lab announcements (ingroup slac.announce.important),check on available seminars (slac.seminars.comp and slac.seminars.physics), and learn about manyother topics. The system is rela-tively new, and the etiquette ofthese groups is evolving. Take alook in SLAC.GROUPS for a discus-sion of this.

Use the command HELP INFONETNEWS for a description. HELPNETNEWS gives the options for thecommand. To use the system onVM, just type NETNEWS. The HELPfile describes the options with thiscommand. Within NETNEWS, usePF1 for HELP-this describes whatthe PF keys do. Initially, you willget a screen listing only SLACgroups. Using the PF keys you canset up your own selection of topi-cal groups.

The basic idea behind this sys-tem is that information is availableto you-you select what you wantto see/view-and once you read it,it goes away. You will only be of-fered what is new since you lastlooked. This works with various

JANE HAWTHORNE, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COORDINATOR, came here lastfall just in time to edit the Proceedings of the 1990 Summer Institute forParticle Physics. Each year a major effort is required to orchestrate theSLAC Summer Institute that is attended by about 300 participants discuss-ing the latest developments in particle physics. Editing the Proceedingsgave Jane an introduction to the inner workings of SLAC and to theinternational physics community.

Jane came from Arizona StateUniversity, where she received herB.S. in Sociology. She held severalpositions there and as AssistantDean at the College of Liberal Artsand Sciences, she coordinated theactivities of five associate deans anda faculty membership of 600.

Her experience in academia hasalready proven to be a real asset inher position here. Her presentresponsibilities cover a full range ofacademic affairs. She administersacademic relations with the Univer-sity for 50 graduate students doingresearch in experimental, accelera-tor, and theoretical rPhvsics. Addi-

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tionally, she is responsible for the annual revision of the Graduate StudentHandbook, an important recruiting tool that highlights research opportu-nities at SLAC.

As the Faculty Officer, Jane works with David Leith, Chairman of theSLAC Faculty, to follow the scientific progress of SLAC postdocs andFaculty. She staffs the Faculty meetings and serves as ex-officio memberon numerous Stanford committees. Jane also coordinates appointmentsand promotions with the Stanford University Provost Rosse and CharliePrescott, Associate Director for the Research Division.

As far as what lies ahead, Jane looks forward to the challenges oforganizing this year's Summer Institute. This project and her many otherduties will make this an exciting year and will add a new facet to hercareer.Nina Adelman Stolar

Nina Adelman Stolar

tags, and you can retrieve itemsyou've already seen. You can useNETNEWS along with the mail sys-tem and receive articles into anotebook, which you can searchand manipulate the same as yourelectronic mail items.

Something as big and fancy asNETNEWS is also rather slow. Youcan make it function most effec-tively by having a select number oftopics you are interested in, thentype ALL when you want to see allofferings within a given menu.

Classes have been offered atSCS, and the videotapes are avail-able for overnight checkout fromthe Library. Like many computerdevelopments, it is easy to use,and with time you can tailor it tomeet your requirements. Give it atry, see how you like it, and sendcomments (good, bad, or indiffer-ent) to BEBO at SLACVM. It's stillsomewhat experimental. But thenagain this is a research laboratory.

Nina Adelman Stolar

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PALACE PREPARES FOR 1200 ATTENDING IEEE 19(cont'd. from pg. 1)restoration that would fall behind because of a 7.1 magnitude earthquakeand keep the organizers worrying until the last minute about the openingdate, now scheduled for April 3 (yes, this year), after originally scheduledfor July 1990, and being postponed at least three times (see box).

Rene Donaldson, left, ofSLACandMollieField, LBL, are co-chairpersons of thelocal organizing committee for the con-ference. They began their association inJune of 1989.

A small, dedicated group ofSLAC employees has been plan-ning the event since June, 1989.The local organizing committeeconsists of Janice Dabney, Techni-cal Planning, who serves the conf-erence as treasurer; Ron Koontz,Klystron, is the liaison for exhibits;Vern Price (retired) is the postercoordinator; Bette-Jane Ferandin,Director's Office, is working onbanquet arrangements; NinaStolar, Information Services, isresponsible for tours, audiovisual,and hotel liaison; Marcia Allen,wife of Conference Chairman,Matt Allen, is responsible forhospitality. Other SLACers whohave given their time are KenMartell, Computing Services; MaryRoss, ES&H; and Yvonne Kennedy,Klystron. Sylvia MacBride, TerryAnderson, and Crystal Tilghman,all of Publications, have helpedwith design of the conference logo,maps, and mailing (of which therewill be more). Loretta Lizama

MattAllen, left, is the PAC Chairman andKlaus Berkner of LBL is the ProgramChairman. LBL has had the onerous taskof organizing program sessions frominvited and contributed papers.

from LBL is the proceedings editor.Basically SLAC is handling the ar-rangements, and LBL is responsiblefor the program, but with anylarge event, there is overlap.

The subject of this fourteenthbiennial conference, the largest ofits kind, is new developments inthe science, technology, and use ofparticle accelerators. Its purpose isto provide a forum for communi-cation and exchange of ideas be-tween accelerator scientists, engi-neers, and persons concerned withthe applications of accelerators.Approximately 1200 persons,representing 32 foreign countries,are expected to attend.

Editor's Note: Due to the large num-ber of papers submitted to the PACthis year, Kevin Johnston, head ofEditorial Services, suggests the follow-ing deadlines for papers and posters:

* March 15 for posters* April 1 for all papers.

Preview of Resto(cont'd. from pg. 1)photographer, Tom Nakashima, to SanFrancisco to take photographs of thefinal stages of restoration so you candecide for yourselves whether April 3seems realistic.

The original Palace Hotel opened in1875 but was destroyed by the fire thatraged following the 1906 earthquake.Today's hotel opened in 1909, retainingmany architectural features of the 1875building.

Most of the restoration work centersaround the Garden Court, the locationfor the conference reception prior to thebanquet on Wednesday, May 8, whichoriginally served as the carriage entrance(see photo on page 1). Topped by aleaded-glass dome, the room has 10huge chandeliers, each valued at morethan $50 thousand, and 16 Ionic marblecolumns. In addition, the kitchen andfood service areas will be modernizedand guest rooms updated and refur-bished.

Since the hotel has retained and isrestoring more than 300 pieces of itsoriginal furnishings and antiques, manysuites will contain furniture from thehotel's reopening in 1909.

The hotel's guest list has included 10American presidents, including WarrenG. Harding, who died in his sleep in thePresidential Suite on August 2, 1923.

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ANNE WARREN RETIRES TO PURSUE OTHER INTERESTSTHERE IS AN EVER GROWING GROUP OF PEOPLE who have left SLACduring their careers, only to return or continue to offer their services even

is Anne Warren who, after two careers ofservice at SLAC, retired at the end ofJanuary-and who has offered to remainon-call to fill temporary assignments.

With a B.A. in English and a Minor in Artfrom the University of Washington, Anneheld administrator roles for an UpwardBound program and after that at the EnglishDepartment of her alma mater. In 1976 shemoved to the Bay Area and worked oncampus, before joining SLAC in 1979 asAdministrative Assistant to David Leith andGroup B. She managed the Summer Insti-tute, enjoying the international atmospherebrought with the participants. Despite

Women's Group SlatesSpeakers, Seeks Members

THE NEWLY FORMED WOMEN'SInterest Group has met twice duringthe noon hour to assess interest anddetermine organization and content.The group will meet at least once (orpossibly twice) each month on thesecond and fourth Tuesdays. Onemeeting will be devoted to a presen-tation or discussion of a particulartopic, the other to discuss businessas needed.

Three noon presentations havebeen scheduled in the Auditorium:

* February26: videotapebyKenDykwald, "The Age Wave" whichdiscusses the aging population;

* March 26 (Tentative): HelenQuinn, SLAC's Education Officer,will talk on "Science Education";

* April 23: Bill Kirk, Assistant tothe Director, will speak on "CurrentEvents at SLAC."

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demanding work and long hours, she "really had fun" amidst the hecticmonths of preparation as well as the calm that followed when she could"quietly retreat to developing the proceedings." She left the position tobecome Department Administrator of Religious Studies on campus beforereturning to SLAC in 1988 to assist Charles Prescott, a job she has "greatlyenjoyed."

Although she is retiring from the working world, Anne certainlydoesn't plan to slow down. Instead, she is making more time for personalinterests. She plans to pursue her hobby of botanical illustration and hasalready signed up for courses in Native California Plants and Drawing.

Anne is particularly fond of wildflowers, an appreciation instilled byher grandmother who used to take Anne on frequent trips throughwoodland areas in her native Portland. In 1971, armed with a macro lens,she went to Italy where she captured literally hundreds of wildflowersthroughout Sicily, in full April bloom. Upon arriving in Rome, shepromptly took her collection to the library to try to identify them. Theenjoyment of that experience has remained, and she "would love someday to work on a book about wildflowers."

Among the other interests Anne plans to enjoy are gardening, hiking,piano lessons, jogging, basket weaving, volunteer work, and lending herartistic talents as a stage set designer for the Stanford Savoyards. Marriedto physicist Leonard Susskind, she will look forward to joining him on histravels and enjoying their family which between them includes fivechildren and four grandchildren.

For Anne, trying to find the time to do all of these things not justsometimes, but very dedicatedly, reflects her level of commitment to herinterests, a quality SLAC has benefitted from. She says she will greatlymiss her friends and the SLAC community that she looked forward toreturning to in 1988. We wish Anne well in her future endeavors and lookforward to seeing her wildflower book next spring!

-- Andrea Higashi

The Interaction Pointis published by Information Services of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.Editors: Rene Donaldson and Bill Kirk; Photographer: Tom Nakashima. Deadline for articles isthe first of every month. Submissions may be sent on SLACVM to RENED or by SLAC mail to ReneDonaldson, Bin 70. Phone (415) 926-2585.

TWO CAREERS AND FIFTY YEARS, WOMACK RETIRES

LARRY WOMACK, AFTER TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AT SLAC, decided toretire on December 31, 1990. Before coming here, Larry had alreadyretired from a career in the U.S. Army. He is one of those "Double Dip-

pers" we hear about.He hails from the stateof Kansas and was oneof the early enlisteesinto the U.S. Armyprior to World War II.He went in as a privateand retired as a Legal,Chief Warrant Officer.He joined the Mechan-ical Engineering andFabrication Group inthe Technical Division,and in 1967 he trans-ferred to the Purchas-ing Office in theBusiness ServicesDivision. Starting as abuyer he progressedthrough various po-sitions in the depart-ment and eventuallybecame the PurchasingOfficer. Larry has taken

care of many noteworthy projects over the years-too numerous toinclude them all, but he was instrumental in making arrangements for theshipment and return of the Crystal Ball Detector to Germany. He was alsoinstrumental in handling the coil and the core procurements for the SLD.

Larry's dedication to SLAC and its mission is both rare and outstand-ing. While Larry was busy providing dedicated service to the laboratory,he managed to continue his education in his spare time and acquired botha Bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1977 and a Master'sdegree in 1980. He acquired these degrees while still maintaining his6 a.m. arrival at work; he continued to meet his demanding schedulewhile still providing full attention to SLAC.

After two great careers Larry decided that another "hitch" was not forhim. It is now time for him to relax and enjoy the fruits of his labor of thelast 50 years. We wish Larry the best and certainly agree that he deservesthe time to sit back, kick off his shoes, and relax.

Women's Group...

(cont'd. from pg. 6)A business meeting has been

scheduled for Tuesday, March 12, inthe Blue Room of the A&E Building.

NETNEWS (see article on page 3)is the group's primary communica-tion vehicle. All meeting minutesare in the group SLAC.SOC.WOMEN.

Janet Dixon

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Riordan, Schramm to AutographNew Book

MICHAEL RIORDAN, currently ona one year leave of absence toUniversities Research Association,and co-author David Schrammwill be at Kepler's in Menlo Parkon Monday, March 4, at 8 p.m. tosign copies of their new book, TheShadows of Creation.

Payroll Schedules Hoursfor Drop-In and Call Service

TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY oftheir operations, Payroll will beopen for drop-in service from8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 2 p.m. to5 p.m. daily. Telephone calls fornon-urgent matters should bemade during those hours as well;however, if an emergency arises,call at any time.

For assistance, employees withlast names beginning with A-K,should contact Charles Ikewere atext. 2303, and those with lastnames beginning with L-Z shouldcontact Linda Chen, ext. 4233.Carol Tam, Payroll Supervisor, canbe reached at ext. 4273.

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Clean-Up Progress Report

AS THIS GOES TO PRESS, we areabout halfway through the site-wideclean-up that began on January 29. Agreat deal of progress has been madetoward removing trash and surplusmaterial from our workplaces. Theprogress in some places has beengreater than in others, but consideringthe short notice, we have done a goodjob. Due to time constraints we aremoving with deliberate speed with in-spection preparations. I want to thankeveryone who helped organize theclean-up, particularly Hugh Steckol andthe team he mobilized in the BusinessServices Division.

Let us not lose our momentumwhen the "staging areas" pack up andmove on. The effort expended duringyour designated clean-up day mayhave only scratched the surface ofaccumulated surplus and waste in yourarea. If there is a need, we are pre-pared to organize another series ofclean-up days in the spring. It wouldbe preferable, however, and less of animpact on operations, if we all lookedat housekeeping, like safety, as acentral part of our daily responsibili-ties.

-Matt Allen

After 8-Year Hiatus

ACCELEPEDE AGAIN ACHIEVES CLAIM AND FAME

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WHO WOULD HAVE EVERthought that eight years afterSLAC's famous 62-leg, 31-member'Accelepede' won the prize for thebest centipede costume in the 7.6mile Bay to Breakers that the'creepy crawly' would againachieve recognition and fame! But,there they are (Al Odian, MikeLevi, Nancy Witthaus, and RonSax) big as life, in Kenneth Lee'swinning photo for the month ofMay in the 1991 Runner's WorldCalendar. (May because Bay toBreakers is traditionally run thatmonth.)

The group found out about thephoto when the father of a friendof Al Odian's son called it to Al'sattention. And, as with any 31-member body, word traveledquickly. When Ken Witthauslearned of it, he bought the lastcalendar at Kepler's, so if any ofyou out there know where morecopies can be purchased, there are29 other centipede members whowould undoubtedly like a copy for"old time's sake."

The 'Accelepede' was the brain-storm of Bob Gex, Steve St. Lorant,and Ken Witthaus. Steve is still

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Top: The end of the race at OceanBeach in San Francisco. Right: In 1983the Accelepede posed for its firstphoto-graph, even though its costumes werestill being engineered. Memberschanged also, butpictured above, in anobviously wetter spring, are (front toback) Rob Witthaus, Denna Mosser,Judith Yarborough, Bob Gex, JackieCaselli, John Winston, Ed Schulte, amystery man, Ken Witthaus, RichFroisness, Steve St. Lorant, NancyWitthaus, and Ron Sax.

proud today that "the specialgearing system installed to assistthe critter over the 200-foot HayesStreet hill never had to beengaged."

Final 'power supplies' of theAccelepede were Rob Witthaus,Denna Mosser, Bill Pierce, MarciStengel, Ken Witthaus, Al Odian,Mike Levi, Nancy Witthaus, RonSax, Jackie Caselli, Paul Goldstein,Jean Michel, Ted Jenkins, PamOlivera, Nigel Lockyer, JudithYarborough, John Yelton, WillieDeHaas, Kathy Lunde, AnneSchlagaenhaft, Steve St. Lorant, EdSchulte, Jim Wahl, Rich Froisness,John Winston, Mark Nelson, TomKamakami, Greg Gray, Bob Gex,Ken Martell, and Les Cottrell.

Blood Drive Dates for 19910 March 20* June 5* September 18* December 10Time: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Place: Auditorium lobby

For blood donations, call PublicAffairs, ext. 2204, for an appoint-ment.

SLAC to Charter Busto 1991 Bay to Breakers

IF INTERESTED IN TAKING a bustothis year's Bay to Breakers, contactEileen Derr, ext. 4365. Individualsand families are welcome. The buswill leave SLAC early Sundaymorning, May 19, and return earlyafternoon. Box lunches will be pro-vided, and the cost is to be deter-mined based on the number going.