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to create an institute; Mössbauer had to make it work. The annual reports reflect well the two styles of leadership. The major policy decisions disappeared to be replaced by an ordered review of events occurring during the year. Several important decisions were taken during the first year, though there was no conflict with the structure established by Maier-Leibnitz. In particular I’ll mention:
1. The creation of a scientific secretariat whose function
was to coordinate the aid which the ILL had to provide
for external users (the majority of users). Bernd Maier, assisted by an excellent secretary, Christel Kazimierczak, was entrusted with this important task to implement Maier- Leibnitz’s scientific policy. The aid offered included the appointment of a local contact for each experiment to help the users and if necessary arrange technical support. The aid included a refund of travel expenses for visitors who had proposals accepted by the subcommittees and the Scientific Council.
2. The theoretical physics group based in Munich was abandoned to bring all scientists together in Grenoble. Philippe Nozières was recruited in October 1972 which enhanced the group’s status internationally.
3. The subcommittees of the Scientific Council were formalized. They had been meeting since 1966; their future role was to take responsibility twice a year for selecting experiment proposals for beam time. These subcommittees treated (and continue to treat):
• Nuclear physics
• Motion in crystals (phonons)
• Crystallographic and magnetic structures
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