University of Wisconsin–Madison
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John B. Ramsay

Ph.D. 1955 (Meloche)

Retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory, with a three-year hiatus at College of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

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Biography

John’s wife, Barbara, attended UW, but we moved to Los Alamos before she completed her degree. After retirement in 1993, he served as a Senior Advisor in the safety aspects of chemical explosives related to nuclear weapons. He has developed an interest in aspects of New Mexico history and was presented with an award from the New Mexico Historical Society for outstanding service to the Society.