Work At Oak Ridge
Dr. Weinberg served as director of Physics Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) from 1945 (when he was 30) until 1948, when he became Research Director for the entire Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He was named Director of the laboratory in 1955, aged 40. Weinberg often sat in the front row at ORNL division information meetings and he would ask the first, often very penetrating, question after each scientific talk. For young scientists giving their first presentation, the experience could be frightening, but it was also exciting and stimulating. When asked how he found the time to attend every meeting, Weinberg replied jokingly, "We didn't have a DOE in those days."
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