In Memoriam: Ed Westcott
AHF joins Oak Ridgers and Manhattan Project families in mourning the loss of our friend James Edward “Ed” Westcott, the official photographer for the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Ed died...
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AHF Launches “Oak Ridge Innovations” Program
“Nuclear medicine, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons. All of that goes back to Oak Ridge,” explains Denise Kiernan, bestselling author of The Girls of Atomic City. Oak Ridge, Tennessee has been a center...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Geoffrey Chew
On the evening of April 12, 2019, esteemed physicist Dr. Geoffrey Chew passed away at the age of 94. Chew was born in Washington, D.C. in 1924. After receiving his B.S. in Physics from George...
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New Partnership to Preserve Manhattan Project History
With an agreement signed on June 28, 2019, the Atomic Heritage Foundation and the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (pictured) are forging a new partnership to preserve the history of...
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AHF Publishes New “Ranger in Your Pocket” Programs
The Atomic Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of two new “Ranger in Your Pocket” online interpretive programs on African Americans and the Manhattan Project and the...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Helene Suydam
On August 3, 2020, Helene Suydam died peacefully in her sleep at age 100. John Ruminer, member of the Board of Directors of the Los Alamos Historical Society, described Helene as “an iconic member of...
View Article5th Anniversary of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Join us in celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park! The official signing ceremony with Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Secretary of Energy Ernie...
View ArticleSense of Place
Sense of Place from DVD-1.mp4 In honor of the 5th anniversary of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, AHF is pleased to make its documentary film A Sense of Place available online. In 2006,...
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