Léon van Hove

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Léon van Hove was born in 1924. In 1976 the two CERN Laboratories (Prévessin and Meyrin) were formally joined, with John Adams and van Hove dividing the responsibility between them. LEP was proposed during van Hove's tenure as Director General. He died in 1990

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Preceded by
Willibald Jentschke & John Adams
CERN Director General
1976 – 1980 with John Adams
Succeeded by
Herwig Schopper
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