Sidney Drell

Sidney Drell
Born	(1926-09-13)September 13, 1926 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	December 21, 2016(2016-12-21) (aged 90) Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Princeton University University of Illinois
Known for	Drell–Yan process
Children	3, including Persis[1]
Awards	E. O. Lawrence Award (1972) Pomeranchuk Prize (1998) Enrico Fermi Award (2000) Heinz Award for Public Policy (2005) National Medal of Science (2011)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Thesis	Part I Magnetic internal conversion coefficient Part II Electrostatic scattering of neutrons Part III Anomalous magnetic moments of nucleons (1949)
Doctoral advisor	Sidney Dancoff
Doctoral students	James Bjorken Steven Frautschi Roscoe Giles Robert Jaffe Heinz Pagels Joel Primack

Sidney David Drell (September 13, 1926 – December 21, 2016) was an American theoretical physicist^[2] and arms control expert.^[3]

At the time of his death, he was professor emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Drell was a noted contributor in the fields of quantum electrodynamics and high-energy particle physics. The Drell–Yan process, which was used to discover the Higgs boson, is partially named for him.^[2]