Dr. Siegfried Hecker

Los Alamos Historical Society News:

The community is invited to join the Los Alamos Historical Society Tuesday, Feb. 13, for its monthly Lecture Series. 

Christopher Nolan’s biopic Oppenheimer has captured the interest of nearly 100 million people around the world. Dr. Siegfried Hecker will speak 7-9 p.m. in the Duane Smith Auditorium. Dr. Hecker will share his views on the legacy of Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project, based on his more than five-decades associated with the laboratory Oppenheimer led. He will be joined by Los Alamos National Laboratory Senior Historian Alan Carr.

Dr. Hecker is the former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Professor Emeritus of Stanford University. He is currently Professor of Practice at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University. He was at the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 34 years, including serving as its fifth director from 1986 through 1997.

He was at Stanford University for 17 years in the School of Engineering. Dr. Hecker has worked on nuclear matters for most of his career, including visits to all countries with declared nuclear weapons programs. Dr. Hecker is the editor of Doomed to Cooperate (2016), a two volume set documenting the history of the Russian-U.S. laboratory-to-laboratory cooperation, and Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program (2023) written with Elliot Serbin.

Alan B. Carr

Carr serves as a Program Manager and Senior Historian for Los Alamos National Laboratory. During his tenure as a laboratory historian, which began in 2003, Carr has produced several publications and lectures pertaining to the Manhattan Project, nuclear testing history, and the historical evolution of LANL. He has lectured for numerous professional organizations and has been featured as a guest on many local, national, and international radio and television programs. Before coming to Los Alamos, Carr completed his graduate studies at Texas Tech University.

The Los Alamos Historical Society extends heartfelt appreciation to N3B for its generous sponsorship of the Lecture Series. N3B’s commitment to supporting educational initiatives and preserving history has made a significant impact in our community.

For more information, visit the Los Alamos Historical Society’s website at www.losalamoshistory.org.

To view lectures online, visit Los Alamos Historical Society YouTube Channel at https:////www.youtube.com/@LosAlamosHistoricalSociety