A memorial gathering for Laboratory retiree Bruce Erdal is scheduled for this afternoon in Los Alamos. Erdal died May 23 at age 67.
The memorial service is from 4 to 8 p.m., at the home of Ellen Stallings on Koleen Court in White Rock.
Erdal retired from the Laboratory in 2005 after a career spanning three decades. Erdal joined the Laboratory in September 1972 in the former Chemistry and Nuclear Chemistry (CNC) Division. He worked in numerous other organizations, including the former Isotope and Nuclear Chemistry (INC), Electronics and Instrumentation (E), Chemical Science and Technology (CST) and Risk Reduction and Environmental Stewardship (RRES) divisions. When he retired, Erdal was in the Environmental Protection (ENV) Division.
A graduate of Highland High School in Albuquerque, Erdal earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from University of New Mexico and a doctoral degree in nuclear chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
