Burton Richter was Professor Emeritus at Stanford Univer - sity, former director of the Department of Energy’s SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator) National Accelerator Labo-ratory, and winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in physics. A great scientist and a great leader, Burt, as he was known to his colleagues, was widely respected for his role in the More @Wikipedia
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