EARLY SUPERSYMMETRY ON THE PRAIRIE

My first postdoc started at NAL in September 1969, one of a group of five postdocs, with no senior theorists. NAL, which was to become the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, was being energetically built under the guidance of Bob Wilson. In the fall, I was introduced to Professor Nambu by a fellow postdoc and Chicago graduate Lou Clavelli. He was very kind to us, expressing interest in our work on the group-theoretical construction of the dual amplitudes, and even inviting us to lunch at the Quadrangle Club! This was a welcome contrast to visiting theorists who showed little or no interest in our science, with some exception (see later)…