Join Historian Justin Quinn Olmstead, Ph.D. on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 2 pm, as he continues to describe the history of Sandia National Laboratories. This presentation will follow Dr. Olmstead’s presentation on Sandia National Laboratories’ origins, and the changes it has gone through over the past 76 years to become one of the premier national laboratories it is today. This presentation will cover the period 1960-1979, with some snapshots of the roots of the key mission areas, its rapid growth to encompassing nuclear deterrence, global security, national security programs, energy and homeland security, and advanced science and technology.
The program will be held at the Albuquerque Museum at 2000 Mountain Rd. NW in Old Town. Parking is free in the lot south of the Museum. Admission to the Museum and the AHS program is also free.
Dr. Justin Quinn Olmstead is a historian for Sandia National Laboratories, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Prior to that, he was Associate Professor of History at the University of Central Oklahoma. He has multiple books, numerous chapters, and articles on diplomacy, foreign policy, and counterterrorism to his name. The most recent book being From Nuclear Weapons to Global Security: 75 Years of Research and Development at Sandia National Laboratories. Other titles include, Reconsidering Peace and Patriotism during the First World War, Britain in the Islamic World: Imperial and Post-Imperial Connections, and The United States’ Entry into the First World War: The Role of British and German Diplomacy. With three other books currently under contract. He is Global Security Studies Lead for the CMC, Founding Senior Research Fellow at the Armed Services Institute in the Center for Military Life, Thomas University, Visiting Fellow at the Center for Peace & Security, Coventry University, UK, and an Associate Editor for the Journal of the Society for Terrorism Research. Dr. Olmstead gained his Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield, England and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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