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mso-bidi-font-family:Times-Bold"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">David Richards to be Acting Director of Theory
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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">As of September 1, David
Richards will become the Acting Director of the Theory Center.</span></font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">As was announced some time
ago, Tony Thomas is leaving to return to Adelaide. A Search Committee has been
formed to seek a new director of the Theory Center.</span></font></font><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">George Sterman of the C.N. Yang Center at S.U.N.Y. Stony
Brook is the chair of the committee, and while they are very active, they will
need some time to complete their important work.</span></font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">This year, 2009, is the year
we submit the laboratory’s proposal for support of the Theory Center and its
activities to DOE for the next four years. David led the group in the
preparation of the proposal, which was submitted on time by the end of July.
The proposal will be presented to a Peer Review in mid-September. </span></font></font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Please give David any support he needs
to do well in this endeavor and, indeed, in guiding the Theory Center.</span></font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Hugh Montgomery</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
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