Einstein Society Gala

Einstein Society Gala

The Einstein Society Gala is the largest fundraising event for the Museum; without it, the Museum would not be able to provide the educational programs it conducts for thousands of students each year.

Dr. Lisa Randall has been named the recipient of the 2012 National Award of Nuclear Science and History, which is presented annually by National Atomic Museum Foundation to a prominent person that has had an impact on nuclear issues. The award will be presented at the 15th annual Einstein Society Gala on March 17, 2012. To learn more about Dr. Randall, see our latest news here.

Recipients of the Award become members of the International Advisory Council to the museum. Past honorees include Dr. Glenn Seaborg, former head of the Atomic Energy Commission, co-discoverer of Plutonium, and medical and nuclear researcher; Dr. David Kuhl, inventor of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), a medical scanning technology that led to broad application of nuclear medical imaging technology and Richard Rhodes, the author of twenty-one books including “The Making of the Atomic Bomb”, which won a Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, a National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

The Einstein Society Gala evening includes dinner and dancing as well as a silent auction. Our thanks to Fiat of Albuquerque for their participation: we will have a Fiat 500 on the bidding block!!

Our thanks, also, to our platinum sponso,r EnergySolutions, for their contribution. This is the third year they have supported the Museum's efforts.

Dr. Dan Junick of NM Orthopaedics and Mimi Junick are this year’s entertainment sponsors. We also thank URENCO USA and Steve Paternoster and Scalo Northern Italian Grill and for their sponsorship of “Sunday Morning at the Museum."

For information, contact Charles Lowery, Director of Development, at 505-245-2137, extension 110.