Millennium Magazine_6th Ed

303 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine KAYE D. LATHROP, PHD NUCLEAR SCIENTIST, EDUCATOR U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ridgway, CO energy for the United States rather than being dependent on other sources. Commencing his career in 1962, Dr. Lathrop worked as a staff member at the Los Alamos National Laboratory for five years. He spent one year at General Atomic Co. as a group leader of methods development before returning to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he remained until 1984. During those years, Dr. Lathrop served as a group leader of transport theory; assistant leader of the theoretical division; associate leader of the division of reactor safeguards, safety and technology; alternate leader of the energy division; leader of the division of computer science and services; and associate director for engineering sciences. The author of numerous reports, papers and book chapters, he was a member of the editorial advisory board of “Progress in Nuclear Energy” from 1983 to 1985. For one decade, Dr. Lathrop utilized his talents at Stanford University, where he served as an associate lab director and professor of applied research at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. He was named professor emeritus in 1994, and has also taught at the University of New Mexico as a visiting professor. Additionally, from 2006 to 2012, Dr. Lathropwas an administrative law judge for the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Dr. Lathrop is a member of the American Physical Society and the National Academy of Engineering, as well as a fellow of the American Nuclear Society. He was a special fellow of the Atomic Energy Commission and a fellow of the R.C. Baker Foundation. In 1976, he was the recipient of the E.O. Lawrence Memorial Award for Energy Research and Development Administration, and in 1984, took home the Distinguished Service Award from Los Alamos National Laboratory. D r. Kaye D. Lathrop received a BS from the U.S. Military Academy in 1955, and an MS in 1959 and PhD in 1962, both from the California Institute of Technology. Additionally, he served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1958. Dr. Lathrop has always hoped that nuclear energy could provide abundant, cheap SCIENCES, PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY