STAR team
The STAR Silicon Vertex Tracker prior to insertion in the STAR Time Projection Chamber. Also
shown is the team that was leading the construction and the installation of the detector. From left to right are Rolf
Beuttenmuller (Brookhaven), Veljko Radeka (Brookhaven), Robert Willson (Ohio State), Phil Kuczewski
(Brookhaven), Jun Takahashi (São Paulo), Robert Soja (Brookhaven), Bill Leonhardt (Brookhaven), Rene Bellwied
(project leader, Wayne State) and David Lynn, Don Pinelli, and Tom Ludlam (Brookhaven).