I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Former Sandia National Laboratories vice president W.J. “Jack” Howard was inducted into the lab’s Hall of Fame last week for his work on nuclear weapons safeguards and other contributions.
Howard was responsible for the early recognition that nuclear weapons should be equipped with built-in safeguards to prevent unauthorized or accidental arming that could cause detonations without presidential authorization.
Howard also participated in early nuclear weapons tests and established the first independent nuclear safety assessment group at Sandia. Howard became a nationally recognized nuclear weapons safety expert and adviser on U.S. nuclear policy.
“Jack saw the need to really aggressively pursue nuclear weapons safety,” former executive vice president Orval Jones said.
Howard was the third person inducted into Sandia’s Hall of Fame, after two other former lab vice presidents: Glenn Fowler and Robert Henderson.
A bronze relief plaque honors the three men for “pivotal contributions” to the lab.
