Heritage Series

Lab employees William Penney, Beatrice Langer, Emil Konopinski and Lawrence Langer in a De Luxe Ford in the 1940s. During World War II top scientists gathered in Los Alamos to contribute to the Manhattan Project — a secret wartime effort to develop the world’s first atomic weapons.

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Juan Luis Garcia

Pajarito Plateau before plutonium

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George Erickson

The clever birth of the heat pipe

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Terry C. Wallace Sr.

Igniting a passion for learning

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Contributors

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Edward Duran

Champion for local talent, model of ingenuity

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Robert C. Crook

The Lab photographer who wasn’t there

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The Heritage Series was first launched in 2018 to honor the Lab's 75th anniversary. What began as a call for employees to share anecdotes about relatives who contributed to our legacy has resulted in a surprisingly rich collection of little-known stories — now shared to coincide perfectly with our 80th anniversary.

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