Los Alamos Historical Society 35th Anniversary Lecture: Three Decades of Directorship at LANL: Challenges and Opportunities; Harold Agnew, Donald Kerr, Sig Hecker, John Browne, Pete Nanos
Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos Historical Society, 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Single sheet, printed on both sides. Format is seventeen inches by 11 inches, folded in half to create four panels. The front panel has program information and an illustration of the ranch house. Pages 2 and 3 are titled Three Decades of Directorship at Los Alamos National Laboratory: Challenges and Opportunities and have brief biographies of Harold M. Agnew, Donald M. Kerr, Siegfried S. Hecker, John C. Browne, and Pete Nanos. Harold M. Agnew, Siegfried S. Hecker, John C. Browne, and Pete Nanos each signed this program by their name!!!! The final panel contains information about the event's corporate sponsors, thanked a number of people for assistance with program arrangements, presented the names of the Society Board and Museum Staff, and provided membership information. The Los Alamos Historical Museum is housed in the historic Guest House, located next to Fuller Lodge, of Los Alamos Ranch School, which was General Leslie Groves's favorite place to stay during the Manhattan Project. The museum features exhibits on the geological history of the Pajarito Plateau, including the volcanic explosion that created the world's second largest caldera, known as the Valles Caldera. It also has displays on the early settlers of the area, the Ancestral Pueblo Indians and the early homesteaders. The museum displays the history of the Los Alamos Ranch School, an elite educational institution for wealthy boys. It was founded by Ashley Pond II using the methods of the Boy Scouts of America to build both the bodies and the minds of boys, who wore shorts as part of their school uniforms, even during the winter. The school closed in 1943 when the United States government seized the property for the Manhattan Project, the top secret project to create the atomic bomb. Photos and artifacts in the museum document this time and tell the stories of the people who lived it. The museum also has an area for traveling exhibits which have featured a wide variety of exhibitions about New Mexico history and World War II. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Harold M. Agnew, Donald M. Kerr, Siegfried S. Hecker, John C. Browne, Pete Nanos, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nuclear Weapons, Laboratory Director
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Price: $200.00