Growing up during Laboratory's early years subject of talk Tuesday in Bradbury Science Museum

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Dec. 13, 2002 -- A firsthand account of growing up in Los Alamos during Los Alamos National Laboratory’s formative years is the subject of a book by Colorado author, photographer and entrepreneur Terry Rosen, who will speak on the subject at 7 p.m., Tuesday, in the Laboratory’s Bradbury Science Museum.

Rosen is the son of Laboratory Fellow Louis Rosen. The event is free and open to the public. The museum is part of Los Alamos’ Community Relations Office.

“The Atomic City: A Firsthand Account by a Son of Los Alamos,” takes a look at growing up in Los Alamos in the years between 1944 and 1964. After the talk, Rosen will sign copies of his book at the Otowi Station Bookstore next door to the museum.

Terry Rosen was born in State College, Pa., while his father was earning his doctoral degree in physics at Penn State University. He arrived at Project Y — Los Alamos — in 1944, at the age of four months, and it was his home until 1964.

Terry Rosen has a bachelor’s degree from Colorado College, in Colorado Springs, Colo. He taught high school social studies in southern Colorado for two years before going to law school where he earned his juris doctor from the University of Denver College of Law in 1971.

He worked for former Denver Mayor Richard Lamm for three years and served as Lamm’s ombudsman. In addition, he established the Denver Mayor’s Office of Citizen Response, running the office from 1975 to 1983. In 1981 he was chosen Municipal Employee of the Year for the Denver Region by the Denver Federal Executive Board.

In 2000, the International Library of Photography proclaimed one of Terry Rosen's photographs, "Winter's Solace," one of the best of the 20th century.

The Bradbury Science Museum is located at 15th Street and Central Avenue in Los Alamos. Museum hours, apart from the special events are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

For more information, contact Pat Berger of the museum at 665-0896.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by the University of California for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy and works in partnership with NNSA's Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories to support NNSA in its mission.

Los Alamos enhances global security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, developing technical solutions to reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health and national security concerns.