Tag: Obituary
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Eraldo Zaccheroni (1926 – 2026)
Eraldo Zaccheroni (1926 – 2026) — Eraldo Zaccheroni, an influential engineer who worked at CERN during the Organization’s earliest years, sadly passed away in Faenza, Italy, on 10 August at the age of 100. Born on 21 May 1926 in Meldola, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, Eraldo earned his degree in electrical engineering from
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Fred James (1939 – 2026)
Fred James (1939 – 2026) — Fred James, CERN’s renowned expert on data analysis and statistics, pioneer of numerical methods, and co-author of the popular book Statistical Methods in Experimental Physics, sadly passed away on 31 July. Fred was born in Detroit, USA, on 28 May 1939, and graduated in 1960 from Princeton University with a degree in physics.
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Niels Doble (1938–2026)
Niels Doble (1938–2026) — Niels Doble, born on 2 May 1938, passed away on 8 August 2026 after a short illness. Niels was best known for his pivotal contributions to the initial design and subsequent operation of the North Area at the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) complex. Niels studied physics at the University of Bristol.
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Paolo Emilio Strolin (1939–2026)
Paolo Strolin, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Naples Federico II and significant contributor to many CERN experiments, passed away on 28 June 2026 at the age of 87.
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Jens Bisplinghoff (1944 – 2026)
Jens Bisplinghoff (1944 – 2026) — The AMBER Collaboration is deeply saddened by the passing of our dear colleague Jens Bisplinghoff at the age of 81. Jens devoted more than four decades to experimental nuclear and particle physics. He began his scientific career in nuclear physics, conducting research at the University of Bonn, the Nuclear
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Bernard Royce French (1931–2025)
Bernard Royce French (1931–2025) — Bernard French, a CERN physicist who worked on and led numerous experiments, especially at the OMEGA spectrometer at CERN, died on 5 November 2025 at the age of 94. Bernard was born in 1931 and gained his PhD at Imperial College London in 1958, staying there as a research fellow
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George Kalmus (1935–2026)
George Kalmus (1935–2026) — It is with great sadness that we learned that George Kalmus passed away on 27 May at the age of 91. George had a long and distinguished career in experimental particle physics, not only at CERN, where he played a leading role in many experiments, but also at the Rutherford Appleton
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Mick Storr (1949–2026)
Mick Storr (1949–2026) — It was with profound sadness that we learned of the passing of Mick Storr on 7 June in Geneva. A deeply respected member of the CERN family and an extraordinary educator, he inspired generations of teachers worldwide. Mick was born in Farsley, West Yorkshire, England, on 11 February 1949. After completing his PhD
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François Englert (1932 – 2026)
François Englert, a Belgian theoretical physicist, passed away on 18 June at the age of 93 in Uccle (Brussels, Belgium). With his associate, Robert Brout, he demonstrated that fundamental particles could acquire mass by interacting with a fundamental field that exists throughout the universe. At the same time, British physicist Peter Higgs had independently hypothesised the existence
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David Adam (1943 – 2026)
David Adam (1943 – 2026) — It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of our dear friend and colleague Dave Adam. Dave was born on 30 March 1943 in Greenock, a centre of shipbuilding on the Clyde, close to Glasgow. In 1961 he began an apprenticeship as a metallurgical technician