By DOUG FULTON
Retired LANL Employee

I am now in Grand Junction, Colo. and occasionally look at the online Los Alamos Daily Post. I was surprised and very happy to see yesterday’s edition with a picture of four people that I worked with when we were all much younger (link).

Jim Ogle was Deputy Group Leader of P-14  when I joined the Group as a postdoc in 1985.

Randy Carlson was a valued friend and colleague when we developed the Cygnus x-ray sources for the Armando SCE that was executed at the Test Site in 2004.

Joe Ladish was my Group Leader, in P-22, when I started as the Project lead to develop the Cygnus x-ray sources.

Carl Young was a very well respected Reaction History Physicist who helped me understand the ins and outs of the Test Site in the 90’s.

I was the Division Leader of Physics Division from late 2007 through 2015 and have fond memories of these gentlemen and many others who I was privileged to work with during my 30 years at LANL.

Four retired Los Alamos National Laboratory workers and close friends got together today, May 2, in White Rock to reminisce and touch base with one another. Collectively the four represent more than 100 years of Laboratory experience. Coming from various parts of the country and backgrounds, the four shared the common experience of working at one of the most prestigious laboratories in the world. All four agreed on how fortunate they had been to wind up in a remote, historically significant, town where they spent the bulk of their professional careers. This photo depicts the four former Laboratory employees, from left, Jim Ogle, Randy Carlson, Joe Ladish and Carl Young. The get together, while certainly not unique, points out how much of the rich history of the Laboratory is not being recorded, especially the anecdotal and often humorous incidents that have occurred over the many years. Hopefully more people will come forward and submit similar photos and share stories in the Los Alamos Daily Post. We are all richer for the sharing and a reminder of just how unique and fortunate we are as a town. Courtesy photo