Francesco Ruggiero

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Francesco Ruggiero b. 1957, d. January 2007, in chronological order. participated in the comssionning of LEP, contributed the LHC design, became the leader of the accelerator group in CERN and finally coordinated the CARE-HHH framework devoted to the LHC upgrade studies (or Super Large Hadron Collider). For a large period he also was associate editor of the prestigious Physical Review ST-AB journal ).

A memorial Symposium dedicated to Francesco took place at CERN on the 3rd of October of 2007 [1]. The presentations made by the numerous speakers can be found at [2], containing comprehensive summaries of Francesco's contributions to science.