Richard Garwin Film and Lecture Sunday at 1:30

Richard Garwin Film and Lecture at the Scarsdale Woman's Club on Sunday at 1:30
Internationally renowned physicist and Scarsdale resident Dr. Richard Garwin will present a lecture titled "Nuclear Energy – Electrical Power and Vastly Destructive Weapons," as part of the Scarsdale Forum's Sunday Speaker Series on Sunday March 8 at 3 pm at the Scarsdale Women's Club. Dr. Garwin is the subject of a documentary which will be shown at the Woman's Club at 1:30 pm – preceding the lecture.

Garwin is the winner of the National Medal of Science in both the fields of Engineering and Science and is the author of the design used in the first hydrogen bomb. He has served every U.S. president from Eisenhower to Obama. Dr. Garwin's lifelong commitment to such projects as Global Warming, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Disarmament, and Energy are unparalleled.

Dr. Richard L. Garwin received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1949 under the sponsorship of Enrico Fermi. He has worked in particle physics, nuclear physics, solid state physics and in a wide range of technology such as air traffic control, satellite communications, satellite navigation, touchscreens, laser printers and magnetic resonance imaging. While working at the IBM Research Division at Columbia University, Garwin served as a consultant at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory where he provided the design for the first thermonuclear weapon test (the hydrogen bomb) at Eniwetok on November 1, 1952. Garwin has advised the United States government on many aspects of nuclear power including the disposal of spent fuel. He is the winner of the National Medal of Science and a prolific author.

Light refreshments will be served. The event is open to the public and free of charge.