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News Releases 2010 Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship drive reaches goal
Principal Associate Director for Science, Technology, and Engineering Terry Wallace stands by the LAESF "thermometer" with Audrey Archuleta of ADTSC and Tony Fox, right, of the Laboratory Foundation. Photo by Bob Romero.
June 25, 2010—The 2010 Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund drive met its goal. As of June 23, more than $253,000 in donations has been received. This money will be matched dollar-for-dollar by Los Alamos National Security, LLC.
The campaign has officially ended.
"I want to thank all of the employees at LANL for making this the most successful fundraising campaign in LAESF history," said Tony Fox of the LANL Foundation. "The effects of this effort will be felt for several years by the deserving young students in Northern New Mexico whose dreams and academic pursuits we are supporting."
The foundation is a philanthropic grant-giving entity created in 1997. It supports a range of regional and community not-for-profit organizations.
For more information about the scholarship fund or the campaign, write to laesf@lanl.gov, contact Debbi Wersonick of Community Programs at 667-7870 or Tony Fox at (505) 753-8890 ext. 16.
Fast Facts
People
11,127 total employees
Los Alamos National Security, LLC 8,683
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force) 419
Contractors 606
Students 1,101
Place
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 36 square miles of DOE-owned property.
More than 2,000 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 8 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $5.9 billion
Budget FY 2012: Approx. $2.2 billion
57% Weapons programs
9% Nonproliferation programs
7% Safeguards and Security
8% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
4% Energy and other programs
11% Work for Others
Workforce Demographics (LANS and students only)
34% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe,
Española, Taos, and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 46
70% male, 30% female
43% minorities
63% university degrees
· 23% hold undergraduate degrees
· 16% hold graduate degrees
· 24% have earned a Ph.D.
Major Awards
121 R&D100 awards since 1978
31 E.O. Lawrence Awards
The Seaborg Medal
The Edward Teller Medal
The Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines