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People and Things Participants at a workshop in Dubna in May on QCD at finite temperature, bound states and nuclear dynamics, organized in the context of the new 'Heisenberg-Landau' programme to foster high energy physics, especially theory, collaboration between Dubna in Russia and German research institutes. In this context an initial workshop on 'Quantum Chromodynamics at finite temperature, bound states and nuclear dynamics' at Dubna in May led to fruitful discussions and plans for closer future collaboration. The follow-up seminar in the new programme will be in November, organized by Dubna and Rostock. The Heisenberg-Landau scheme also sponsored a student summer school in Dubna in August on particle and nuclear physics. People and things A special event at CERN on 9 July marked the 80th birthday of Willibald Jentschke (seated, right), DESY pioneer and CERN's Director General from 1971-75. Speakers paying Hungary becomes CERN's tribute included Victor Weisskopf (standing, 18th Member State CERN's Director General from 1961-5), and (seated, left to right) CERN's current Director General Carlo Rubbia and Director General from 1981-88 Herwig Schopper. At the meeting of CERN Council on (Photo CERN HI 8.7.92) 26 June, delegates of CERN's existing 17 Member States voted unanimously to admit the Republic of Hungary as the Organization's 18th Member State, with effect from 1 July. Following the dramatic political changes in Central and Eastern Europe over the past few years, CERN is leading the way towards a unified scientific Europe. Hungary thus joins Austria, Bel• gium, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Nether• lands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. 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The establishment of The emergence of much new physics, Central Research Institute for Phys• while the commissioning of big new ics (CRIP) of the Academy of Sci• machines and detectors set the stage ences in the mid-1950s marked the for today's style of research. debut of large scale involvement in Several speakers underlined modern high energy physics. Jentschke's lifelong commitment to Also at the June meeting of CERN internationalism, well matched to a Council, Jan Bezemer of the scientific activity which uses the Netherlands was elected as Vice- world as its stage. President of Council, succeeding Pierre Lehmann who died in January. Giorgio Bellettini was elected as a member of CERN's Scientific Policy IHEP Beijing Directorate Committee. The directorate at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, has been changed recently. Former Willibald Jentschke 80 deputy director Zheng Zhipeng becomes the institute's director for A special symposium at CERN on 9 the next four years, succeeding Fang July marked the 80th birthday of LEP notables at the John Thresher retirement Shouxian, appointed in August 1988. event at CERN. Left to right, SPS and LEP Willibald Jentschke, DESYpioneer Division Leader Lyn Evans, Opal experiment Professor Fang continues as director and subsequently CERN's Director spokesman Aldo Michelini, Aleph experiment of the National Laboratory of Beijing General from 1971-75. Before the spokesman Jacques Lefrangois, LEP Electron Positron Collider. The new scientific part 6f the symposium, Experiments Committee Chairman Jacques IHEP deputy directors are: Wang Haissinski, and Delphi experiment spokesman three CERN Director Generals - Ugo Amaldi. 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