Dr. Glen McDuff
MOWW News:
This month’s meeting of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) is Tuesday, Aug. 19, in conference room 203A at the Los Alamos Research Park. Dr. Glen McDuff will be the featured speaker. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of St. Andrews and a degree in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University, where he was also a professor. Dr. McDuff is retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Jan. 1, 1947, saw the creation of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL). Ownership of LASL was transferred from the Department of War to the AEC and research and development of atomic weapons began in earnest.
Every aspect of atomic weapons needed refining. One of the most important components in the bomb is the exploding bridge wire detonator (EBW). Concerted efforts in the late 1940s resulted in a new and improved detonator design that was cheaper, easier to construct, and performed better electrically than all previous devices. By 1950, all weapon detonators used the new and improved innovation that saved time, money, and performed better. All was good, until…
This month’s MOWW meeting will begin at 6 p.m. with a social period, followed at 6:30 p.m. by a brief meeting and at about 7:15 p.m. by the speaker’s presentation.
Direct questions to Gregg Giesler at 505.662.5574 or email g.giesler@computer.org.
MOWW meetings are open to all interested people for dinner and program with an RSVP, or the program only at no cost. The cost for dinner is $25. Please call Robert Hull at 505.328.1502 to make reservations. A reservation is a commitment to pay. This month’s dinner menu is manicotti with appropriate sides.
The meeting will be a hybrid session with a Zoom option starting at about 6 p.m., for which details will be included in a reminder email sent two days before the meeting.
About the MOWW:
An Act of Congress chartered the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) in 1919 as a national patriotic organization. The principal objectives of the MOWW are continuing service to the Nation, and patriotic educational opportunity for the nation’s youth and citizens. Current youth programs are focused upon annual Youth Leadership Conferences for high school students presented in New Mexico by its related Sunbelt Patriotic Youth Leadership Conferences, Inc. Current, former, and retired federally commissioned officers of all branches of the United States Uniformed Services are eligible for membership in the MOWW and are especially invited to attend our meetings. For additional information about MOWW membership, call Commander Gregg Giesler at 505.662.5574.