Agnew returned to Los Alamos in 1949 , and worked on the Castle Bravo nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in 1954 . He became head of the Weapon Nuclear Engineering Division in 1964 . He also served as a Democratic New Mexico State Senator from 1955 to 1961 , and was the Scientific Adviser to the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe ( SACEUR ) from 1961 to 1964 . He was director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1970 to 1979 , when he resigned to become President and Chief Executive Officer of General Atomics . He died at his home in Solana Beach , California , on September 29 , 2013
Castle Bravo
Castle Bravo
Harold Agnew