From Carol Clark's NewsExtras blog: Beloved Los Alamos Scientist Louis Rosen DiesAlso: Louis Rosen Will Be Greatly Missed By His Family, Friends and By People All Over The World
Renowned Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Louis Rosen died in his sleep at 6:30 p.m. Thursday from complications of a subdural hematoma.
Rosen, 91, was as brilliant and vital as ever and went to work at the laboratory as usual on Thursday Aug. 13, his family said.
It is presumed he continued his normal routine spending time at Mesa Public Library the following day.
Rosen apparently fell in the early hours of Saturday Aug. 15 at his Los Alamos home.
He was airlifted to UNM Medical Center in Albuquerque where he remained until late Thursday afternoon.
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From the heady days of the Manhattan Project to the current era of LANS/Bechtel LLC. What a dramatic period of change Rosen must have witnessed while working at Los Alamos all those many years.
ReplyDeleteLouis Rosen worked at LANL until his death at the ripe old age of 91. That's amazing loyalty to Los Alamos for you.
ReplyDeleteI can guarantee you that given the current situation at LANL, no one currently working at the lab under the age of 60 will be willing to work at LANL until a very old age like Rosen. Most older employees will be eager to retire as soon as possible and never look back.
Most people under 60 have retired in place, so what's your point.
ReplyDeleteAnother great loss for our community.
ReplyDeleteIt was always interesting to drop by Louie's office and talk with him.
ReplyDeleteHey Mikey, read this article.
ReplyDeleteLouie Rosen was a hero to many of us. We will continue to respect him for many years.
You, on the other hand, will be remembered as a greed shithead who made a considerable mess at LANL.
One of the reasons that none of us ~60 year olds will be around LANL until age 90 is that they do everything possible to discourage us from staying around after we retire. They need the office space for the new Bechtelites.
ReplyDeleteLouie was a real source of information and always had time to speak with whomever dropped by his office or his table in the LAMPF cafeteria.
Louie was a real source of information and always had time to speak with whomever dropped by his office or his table in the LAMPF cafeteria.
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Now, this is a good point. LANS will be sure to get rid of the LAMPF cafeteria.
Who's this Louis Rosen fellow? Never heard of the guy.
ReplyDeleteGet back to work crippling your laptops and taking online stairway training. Shoe grip inspections will be at 10 am sharp! Oh, and if you labbie fucktards get some mail from Benefits about something or other dealing with medical insurance... you can safely ignore it. It's nothing to be concerned about.
(Your New Bechtel Manager)
Well, I can't read that second link because the lab's network nazis are again blocking access to all Wordpress blogs.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that the current lab admin loves us so much as to protect us against what we might see on Wordpress blogs. The temptation to take a peek has been dealt with by removing access altogether. The Father up above is looking down in love.
Oh, that's ironic. LANS is blocking access for staff wanting read the article written by Carol Clark, local Los Alamos Monitor reporter, about the memorial for Louis Rosen, one of LANL's pioneer Manhattan Project scientists.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fitting tribute to Dr. Rosen from the new, improved LANL.
Are they blocking this blog as well?
ReplyDeleteLANS blocked the link to the Monitor story about Louis Rosen. I guess that makes it official that LANS does not give a shit about science.
ReplyDeleteAn announcment of the death of a person as significant to LANL's past and present should have gone out as an "all-hands" Email.
This is really disgracefull!
Blogspot blogs are still readable. That's good for L:TROTS. Seems that all the Wordpress blogs are blocked, though.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm... Checked the LA Monitor (www.lamonitor.com) from my LANL computer in the office and was able to get to the full story on Louie Rosen. In addition, the daily "LANL in the News" e-mail message to senior managers carried the story in its entirety.
ReplyDelete"LANS blocked the link to the Monitor story about Louis Rosen. I guess that makes it official that LANS does not give a shit about science." (4:41 PM)
ReplyDeleteLeaky office roofs, heavy rat infestations, no hand soap in restrooms, spotty trash collection, crippled laptops, endless reams of online training, outrageous FTE rates, abusive lab managers, broken travel systems, email systems that don't deliver, health insurance that suddenly disappears... and you're just now getting the full picture about the death of science under LANS?
Science (and productivity) already died at LANL years ago. What you see before you now is just a walking zombie corpse.
"In addition, the daily "LANL in the News" e-mail message to senior managers carried the story in its entirety."
ReplyDeleteGood thing the managers are considered worthy of hearing news.
The elitist arrogance that this statement implies is classic LANS, LLC treatment, especially when the news is about the passing of a man who extended genuine consideration and interest in the generations of younger individuals who followed Rosen and found him to be a capable mentor who encouraged them to reach higher and push farther than they might have otherwise.
A memorial service for Louie Rosen will be held at the Fuller Lodge at 10:00 AM on Saturday.
ReplyDelete"The elitist arrogance that this statement implies is classic LANS, LLC treatment" (10:56 AM)
ReplyDeleteWatch as Mikey and the other LANS carpet-baggers edge out the locals to slobber over this man's grave at the funeral.
God bless, Louie. You were among those that made LANL a great institution and mentored so many young people along. We'll miss you.
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