Sidney Drell
- Born: September 13, 1926 (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Education
- 1946: BA, Princeton University
- 1947: MA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Physics)
- 1949: PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1949–1950: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Research Associate
- 1950–1952: Stanford University, Instructor in Physics
- 1952–1953: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Associate
- 1953–1956: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1956–1963: Stanford University, Professor of Physics
- 1963–2002: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Professor of Physics
- 2002–present: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Professor Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1966–1970: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Member
- 1969–1986: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Executive Head, Theoretical Physics
- 1969–1998: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Deputy Director
- 1986–1986: American Physical Society, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1956–1964: Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 1960–present: Consultant, JASON study group
- 1963–1973: Consultant, Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President
- 1966–1969: Member, Department of Physics Advisory Council, Princeton University
- 1966–1971: Member, President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC)
- 1967–1969: Chair, Department of Physics Advisory Council, Princeton University
- 1968–present: Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 1969–1981: Consultant, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- 1971–1993: Member, Board of Directors, The Arms Control Association
- 1973–1981: Consultant, National Security Council
- 1974–1976: Member, United States Defense Science Board Task Force
- 1974–1982: Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, United States Department of Energy
- 1974–1983: Member, Board of Trustees, Institute for Advanced Study
- 1974–1985: Chair, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, United States Department of Energy
- 1975–1991: Consultant, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress
- 1977–1982: Consultant, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
- 1978–1980: Member, Energy Research Advisory Board, United States Department of Energy
- 1978–1982: Consultant, Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate
- 1980–2007: Member, Council on Foreign Relations
- 1983–1989: Co-Director, Stanford Center for International Security and Arms Control
- 1984–1991: Member, Aspen Strategy Group
- 1985–1990: Member, Advisory Board, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1988–1993: Member, Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government
- 1989–1996: Adjunct Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
- 1990–1991: Chair, Panel on Nuclear Weapons Safety, Armed Services Committee, United States House of Representatives
- 1990–1993: Chair, Technology Review Panel, Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate
- 1991–1993: Member, Director's Advisory Committee, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- 1992–1999: Chair, President's Council on the National Laboratories, University of California
- 1992–2001: Member, Non-Proliferaton Advisory Panel
- 1998–present: Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1969: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 2000: United States Department of Energy, Enrico Fermi Award
- 2011: National Medal of Science
Archival Resources
SLAC Archives and History Office, Menlo Park, California
Oral History Interviews
- 1986: Available Online
- 1996: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
- 2006: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
