Edwin E. Salpeter
J. G. White Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences Emeritus, Cornell University

Professor Salpeter was a post-doctoral student of Hans Bethe and winner of the 1999 Hans A. Bethe Prize.

Silvan S. Schweber
Professor of Physics and Richard Koret Professor in the History of Ideas, Brandeis University

Professor Schweber was a post-doctoral student of Hans Bethe and is Professor Bethe's biographer.