The Cambridge Connection for Communications in Mathematical Physics
Volume 64, Number 1, published on December 22, 1978
Volume 64, Number 1 of Communications in Mathematical Physics appeared on my birthday December 22, 1978. This marked the first issue during my tenure as chief editor. Rudolf Haag had conceived this project with Res Jost in the early 1960's, and Haag become the Founding Chief Editor, serving eight years from 1965 to 1973. Two brief interludes by Klaus Hepp (1973-1976) and James Glimm (1976-1978) preceded by term, which began at the end of 1978 and lasted almost 22 years until Volume 212, Number 3, published in August 2000. Michael Aizenman became the fifth chief editor with the publication of Volume 213. I am grateful throughout that time to the leadership of Wolf Beiglbock. Not only do I cherish his friendship, but Wolf complemented his position as Professor at the University of Heidelberg by being a constant advocate for the community of mathematical physics within Springer-Verlag.
One of the first things I did as chief editor was to suggest to Wolf that we invite Res Jost to edit a special issue of C.M.P., dedicated to the 60th birthday of Rudolf Haag. This appeared as Volume 85, Number 1, and was published on August 17, 1982. A few months afterward, Rudolf visited Cambridge to give a seminar. We took this opportunity to hold a small dinner to commenorate the occasion with friends of Rudolf in the private dining room of the Harvest Restaurant (owned at the time by architect Ben Thompson, and perhaps then the best restaurant in Cambridge).
On that historic occasion, I presented to Rudolf a bound copy of the special issue. From left to right you see: Joan Glashow, Barbara Haag, Rudolf Haag, Sheldon Glashow, Arthur Jaffe, Barbara Drauschke, Raoul Bott, Phillis Bott, Klaus Hepp, Konrad Osterwalder, and Walter Kaufmann-Bühler (who served as the scientific liaison in the New York office of Springer-Verlag).
