MUSEUM HAPPENINGS

24th Annual Einstein Gala

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History hosted the 24th Annual Einstein Gala, New Mexico’s biggest science party of the year, on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, welcoming 401 guests. The hybrid silent auction was very successful, with 137 items for auction, the museum’s team raised $16,763 to help support the Museum’s STEM educational programs for K-12 students.

This fundraising event introduced intricate science experiments performed by high school-aged museum junior volunteers, a unique silent auction, mingling among some of the most brilliant minds in science, and an opportunity to honor an exceptional individual with the 24th Annual National Award of Nuclear Science & History. The award was presented to the Honorable Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., theoretical physicist and the 18th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Described by Time Magazine as “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science,” Dr. Jackson has held senior leadership positions in academia, government, industry and research.

Sponsors for the evening included Element Aero, Wayne & Mary Pat Laslie, Century Bank, Erin Chisolm, Sandia National Laboratories, Univiersity of Maryland, Nusenda, Parsons, Palo Verde Generating Station, General Atomics, Goodman Realty Group, Abdiel Ramirez, Hal Behl, and Judith Mead.