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been kept: the five year contracts for scientists (in 2004 45% of scientists had such contracts), the balance between a service role and ILL scientific life, and the organisation of this life through the colleges. My impression is that the staff is very attached to these novel aspects.
There was one small exception; on his arrival in 1973 the first British deputy director, Mick Lomer, was surprised, and even a little shocked by the absence of a hierarchy in the scientific life, and thought up a new structure. Without touching the colleges, he introduced groups corresponding to various types of instruments, for example the triple-axis spectrometers, analogous to more obvious technical groups such as computing. This was a logical rationalisation, helping coordinate the practical aspects of the instruments and their associated equipment. Problems arose because the management of the institute chose these leaders, named group coordinators. This was badly received and those named didn’t come to the first meeting. Finally calm was restored. The colleges remained a privileged place for the actual scientific life of the ILL. In the annual reports more than half the pages is devoted to their works.
Table 7.1 Directors and Assistant Directors of the ILL
Proposed by: F the French Partner - D the German Partner - GB the UK Partner
Name
Country
Function
Tenure
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz
DEU
Director
01/02/67-31/01/72
Bernard Jacrot
FRA
Assistant Director
01/02/67-30/09/73
Rudolf Mössbauer
DEU
Director
01/03/72-28/02/77
Mick Lomer
GBR
Assistant Director
01/05/73-31/10/74
Bernard Dreyfus
FRA
Assistant Director
01/10/73-31/03/76
John White
GBR
Assistant Director
01/04/75-28/02/77
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Director
01/03/77-31/03/80
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