Kai Bird, center, co-author of ‘American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,’ listens to a question from the audience Tuesday evening at Fuller Lodge during a fundraiser event hosted by the Los Alamos Historical Society. He is joined by Brye Steeves, left, Director of the LANL National Security Research Center, and Tim Rieser, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Sen. Patrick Leahy. Rieser is credited with bring the effort to have J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance reinstated posthumously. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Joyce Nickols, right, and her daughter at Tuesday’s Los Alamos Historical Society fundraiser event at Fuller Lodge to support the restoration at the Oppenheimer House. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Los Alamos Historical Society President Cherie Trottier thanks Kai Bird and Tim Rieser Tuesday evening. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
From left, Kelly Stewart, Suzette Fox and Ryn Herrmann at the Oppenheimer Conversations Tuesday evening at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
BY MAIRE O’ NEILL
maire@losalamosreporter.com
More than 100 people attended “Oppenheimer Conversations” a special fundraiser hosted by the Los Alamos Historical Society Tuesday evening at Fuller Lodge to raise funds for the renovation and preservation of the Oppenheimer House.
The event featured Kai Bird, author of “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer”, the book on which the upcoming “Oppenheimer” movie is based. and Tim Reiser, the U.S. Senate staffer who was deeply involved in the restoration of Oppenheimer’s security clearance. Moderator for the talk was Brye Steeves, Director of the Los Alamos National Security Research Center. Watch the Los Alamos Reporter for more news on this event.
Ellen Mills, left, and Karyl Ann Armbruster were among those who attended the Oppenheimer Conversations event Tuesday evening at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Author Kai Bird chats with Kaity Burke following Tuesday’s Oppenheimer Conversations. Burke is a researcher and social media director for the Los Alamos Historical Society. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Guest help themselves to a buffet of hors d’oeuvres from the Blue Window Bistro Tuesday evening at Fuller Lodge, Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Brye Steeves, left, Director of the LANL National Security Research Center, and Cherie Trottier, President of the Los Alamos Historical Society at Tuesday’s event. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Lauren and Hunter McDaniel at Tuesday’s Oppenheimer Conversations event. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Dining outdoors at Tuesday’s Oppenheimer Conversations event. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com