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Physicist and professor emeritus of the University of Michigan Homer Neal passed away on May 23rd.
Homer Neal has had a long distinguished career in experimental particle physics and served as
President of the American Physical Society as well as interim President of the University of Michigan. He pursued his research at SLAC, Fermilab, and for the past 20 years at CERN with the ATLAS experiment. He initiated the CERN NSF REU program where a dozen or so US universities would spend the summer at CERN.
Homer Neal has had a long distinguished career in experimental particle physics and served as
President of the American Physical Society as well as interim President of the University of Michigan. He pursued his research at SLAC, Fermilab, and for the past 20 years at CERN with the ATLAS experiment. He initiated the CERN NSF REU program where a dozen or so US universities would spend the summer at CERN.
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