16.
The Move to West Cambridge
Brian
Pippard, in a University Senate meeting of 1962, warned
that the development of the Cavendish by the University
was suffering from a shortage of long term planning.
A new site was needed with ample room to house the physics
that had become so 'peculiarly important' to Cambridge
and the United Kingdom. Pippard was saddened that sheer
lack of space had caused the school of molecular biology
to be lost from the Cavendish.
By
1971 Pippard was elected as the new Cavendish Professor
of Physics. The word 'Experimental', associated with
the position for the last hundred years, had now been
dropped. Pippard did not suffer from any shortage in
long-term planning, and was responsible for the move
of the Cavendish to its West Cambridge Site. The new
Laboratory initially had ample space for research and
teaching, but these continued to grow very successfully
such that the Laboratory is once again seriously overcrowded.
Plans
for the next phase of expansion of the Laboratory are
being developed.
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