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Open House 1940s
Some less-often-told tales from ORNL's colorful past. "This wonderful old reactor." Veterans celebrated the Graphite Reactor's 50th anniversary in 1993. Presidential visit, 1992: George H.W. Bush visited ORNL to sign a CRADA. When Tiger Teams prowled: Tom Row spearheaded the controvers...
Alvin Weinberg

The 'greatest Oak Ridger' makes some crisp observations about the nuclear contract, science and government, genteel poverty, getting fired, his friend and mentor Eugene Wigner and the Friendship Bell.

Former University of Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer (right) helps ORNL celebrate $858,000 of contributions to this year’s United Way campaign.

Former University of Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer praised UT-Battelle employees at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during a Leadership Givers Breakfast for contributing $858,000 to this year’s United Way campaign.

Fulmer, who is involved with several United Way agencies, said many East T...

Thomas Zacharia

In an interview with Laboratory Communications Director David Keim, ORNL Director Thomas Zacharia described his introduction to ORNL and East Tennessee, building a high-performance computing capability from the ground up, his vision for the Laboratory and his thoughts on leading a world-class research institution in a changing landscape.

Hallerin Hilton Hill

Knoxville radio and TV personality Hallerin Hilton Hill encouraged employees to support those in need during opening ceremonies for ORNL’s 2017 United Way campaign held June 1 on the ORNL Quad. “One of the lessons of life is that of giving,” Hill said. “When you learn to give something without expec...

Thomas Zacharia

As I assume the responsibilities of director at ORNL, this is something I could have neither envisioned nor fully appreciated when I arrived as a postdoctoral fellow in 1987. –

I was recruited at a conference in Gatlinburg by Corporate Fellow Emeritus Stan David, then a group leader in the former...

Thomas Zacharia named director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 1, 2017 – Thomas Zacharia, who built Oak Ridge National Laboratory into a global supercomputing power, has been selected as the laboratory’s next director by UT-Battelle, the partnership that operates ORNL for the U.S. Department of Energy.

“Thomas has a compelling vis...