{"id":466,"date":"2020-06-04T13:59:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T18:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/?page_id=466"},"modified":"2020-06-05T13:43:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T18:43:36","slug":"alvin-tollestrup-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/alvin-tollestrup-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvin Tollestrup in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In Fermilab news and history<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Village Crier, vol. 9, no. 3, Aug. 4, 1977: <a href=\"https:\/\/history.fnal.gov\/criers\/VC_1977_8_4.pdf\">Alvin Tollestrup joins Fermilab<\/a> (page 3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Alvin Tollestrup has joined the Fermilab staff as a physicist in the Energy Doubler\/Saver Group. Tollestrup also will assume responsibility for a new group in the Research Division&#8217;s Department of Research Services. That group will be responsible for carrying on research and development on electronic detectors and data acquisition techniques.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Village Crier vol. 10, no. 3, Jan. 19, 1978: <a href=\"https:\/\/history.fnal.gov\/criers\/VC_1978_1_19.pdf\">Faces Around Fermilab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Dr. R. R. Wilson, Laboratory Director, said a Colliding Detector Facility (CDF) will replace the former Colliding Beam Experiments department. [&#8230;] Alvin Tollestrup will head the new department, with Jim Walker serving asdeputy head and Peter Mcintyre as assistant head.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>FermiNews, July 22, 1982: <a href=\"https:\/\/history.fnal.gov\/criers\/FN_1982_07_22.pdf\">Ground broken for collider<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Alvin Tollestrup of the Collider Detector Facility turned the first shovel<br>of dirt with a golden shovel originally used at the groundbreaking of the Fermilab linac in 1969. Andy Mravca of DOE, Leon Lederman, Fred Mills of the Antiproton Source Group, Wayne Nestander of the Tevatron Construction Group, and Jus Maggio followed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AVT-Tevatron-Ground-Breaking.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AVT-Tevatron-Ground-Breaking.jpg 756w, https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AVT-Tevatron-Ground-Breaking-300x143.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>FermiNews, vol. 12, no. 18, Oct. 27, 1989: <a href=\"https:\/\/history.fnal.gov\/criers\/FN_1989_10_27.pdf\">Nat&#8217;l Medal of Technology to Edwards, Lundy, Orr, Tollestrup<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Fermilab&#8217;s Tevatron continues to attract accolades as one of the premier technological accomplishments of its time. At a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on the afternoon of October 18, 1989, President George Bush presented the 1989 National Medal of Technology to Helen T. Edwards, Richard A. Lundy, J. Richie Orr, and Alvin V. Tollestrup for their work in the design, construction, and initial operation of Fermilab&#8217;s Tevatron accelerator.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>FermiNews, vol. 16, no. 9, May 21, 1993: <a href=\"https:\/\/history.fnal.gov\/criers\/FN_1993_05_21.PDF\">Tollestrup named distinguished alumni<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Alvin-Distinguished.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Alvin-Distinguished.jpg 739w, https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Alvin-Distinguished-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beyond Fermilab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ura-hq.org\/awards\/tollestrup-award-for-postdoctoral-research\/\">Universities Research Association bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oralhistories.library.caltech.edu\/229\/1\/Tollestrup%20OHO.pdf\">Interview with Caltech, 1994<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alvin_V._Tollestrup\">Wikipedia entry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Fermilab news and history The Village Crier, vol. 9, no. 3, Aug. 4, 1977: Alvin Tollestrup joins Fermilab (page 3) Alvin Tollestrup has joined the Fermilab staff as a physicist in the Energy Doubler\/Saver Group. Tollestrup also will assume responsibility for a new group in the Research Division&#8217;s Department of Research Services. That group&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/alvin-tollestrup-in-the-news\/\"> More &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-466","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466\/revisions\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.fnal.gov\/honoring-alvin-tollestrup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}