A. Lincoln Read was one of the first physicists hired to help launch the U.S. government’s Fermilab particle physics and accelerator laboratory near Batavia, and held important roles at the lab for 38 years. Read was tapped by Fermilab’s first director, Robert R. Wilson, to build the research effort at Fermilab, and he... read full story
"While safety was important to the lab, it wasn't real high on the visibility list of management, and Linc tried to be sure that it received the visibility and importance necessary to achieve a good safety record,"