Norris Bradbury

Norris Edwin Bradbury (May 30, 1909 - August 20, 1997) served as director of Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years (1945 - 1970), succeeding J. Robert Oppenheimer, who personally chose Bradbury for the position of director after working closely with him on the Manhattan Project. During the war he was in charge of the final assembly of "the gadget", detonated in July 1945 for the Trinity test. He oversaw the transition of the laboratory from World War II through the Cold War. The Bradbury Science Museum is named in his honor.

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May 30 - 1909 - August 20 - 1997 - Los Alamos National Laboratory - 1945 - 1970 - J. Robert Oppenheimer - Manhattan Project - The gadget - Trinity test - World War II - Cold War - Bradbury Science Museum

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