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Los Alamos High School (LAHS) is the public high school in Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. The school opened in 1946, and was originally supported by the Atomic Energy Commission. It has been academically recognized by Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, and the New Mexico Public Education Department. The school has been visited by two U.S. Presidents: John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton. LAHS currently competes in the New Mexico Activities Association's District 2, AAAA division for athletics, and has won 99 state championships in the school's history.
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Terry C. Wallace Jr. is an American geophysicist. He was the 11th director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the president of Los Alamos National Security, LLC. He became director on January 1, 2018, succeeding Charles F. McMillan.
Valerie Espinoza is an American politician from New Mexico. She was a member of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission from the 3rd district, covering all of Los Alamos and Taos Counties, and parts of Bernalillo, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval, and Santa Fe Counties.
Nerses "Krik" Krikorian was an Armenian-American chemist and intelligence officer at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is best known for his work on high-temperature chemistry. An Armenian Genocide survivor, he arrived in the US at 4 and studied at Niagara University. He was involved in the Manhattan Project and by the time of his death was one of the last living scientists involved in it.
Susan K. Herrera is an American politician serving as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives for the 41st district, which includes portions of Rio Arriba, Santa Fe County, and Taos counties.
Erica Jen is an American applied mathematician. She was a researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory, a faculty member at the University of Southern California, and a scientific director and faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute.
Edith Warner (1893-1951), also known by the nickname "The Woman at Otowi Crossing", was a tea room owner in Los Alamos, New Mexico who is best known for serving various scientists and military officers working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory during the original creation of the atomic bomb as a part of the Manhattan Project. Warner's influence on the morale and overall attitude of the people there has been noted and written about by various journalists and historians, including several books about her life, a stage play, a photography exhibition, an opera, and a dance.
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- ↑ http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislator_details_archive.aspx?SponsorCode=HWALE
- ↑ "Jeannette Wallace Obituary - Santa Fe, NM". Legacy.com. Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 27 March 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5881/jeannette-wallace#.VEbyVot4pk8
- ↑ Writer, Mark Oswald | Journal Staff. "Terry Wallace named new director of Los Alamos lab". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
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