Argonne National Laboratory History

Timeline of Argonne history

1942-1949 || 1950-1959 || 1960-1969 || 1970-1979 || 1980-1989 || 1990-1999 || 2000-present

Historical News Features

News releases about events in Argonne's history.

Nobelist Maria Goeppert Mayer, 1906-1972

State-of-the-Laboratory Addresses

An archive of the texts of the annual addresses by Argonne directors to Argonne employees, giving a snapshot in time of the state of the laboratory. Choose a year:

Argonne History Articles from the 1996 special 50th anniversary edition of Frontiers

• From Icecaps to the Advanced Photon Source -- A short historical survey of Argonne's Illnois site from the ice ages to the present.

• Atoms Forge a Scientific Revolution -- Short articles covering the history of Argonne as an institution from the first nuclear reactor to the present.
  • Promethean Boldness
  • The "Last Universal Scientist" Takes Charge
  • Piglet and the Pumpkin Field
  • The Italian Navigator Lands
  • A Home for Heffalump and Pooh
  • Reactors: Modern-Day Alchemy
  • Evolving Mission: The Synchrotron Era
  • 1984-1996: Years of Renewal

• Decades of Accomplishment -- Short articles covering Argonne's contributions to research, education and industrial development.
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Education
  • Energy and Materials Research
  • Environmental Research
  • Industrial Development
  • Mathematics and Computers
  • Physics

A Brief History of Materials R&D at Argonne

Materials R&D at Argonne from the Met Lab through about 1995, by Brian R. T. Frost, director of Argonne's Materials Science Division from 1973 to 1984.

Chicago Pile 1 Pioneers