Family Ties
Grandson operates research reactor his grandfather helped start up
January 10, 2019
Grandfather and grandson, Don and Dylan Sherick, represent the main trunk of an Idaho National Laboratory family tree that spreads out over three generations. There’s Jack, Don’s brother. Then there’s Steve, Karrie, Janis, Mark, Vanessa,…
INL newbie follows in grandfather’s footsteps
February 4, 2019
Although he is a relative newcomer to Idaho National Laboratory, Jesse Dickson feels a deep bond to the Site that stretches back to its early days as the National Reactor Testing Station. It was his…
Idaho lab’s career options sustain local family
March 8, 2019
For one eastern Idaho family, Idaho’s national laboratory provided a livable income while dad was in college, a career ladder for mom and a profession for their son that didn’t drive him out of state….
Family profile: Farming family provides foundational support at INL Site
April 11, 2019
They’ve never thought of themselves as an “INL family,” but members of the Barney family of Rexburg have experience with the lab that dates back to the Atomic Energy Commission days. One by one, members…
Admiral’s lessons live on in family of today’s employees
May 6, 2019
When Susan Davis was young, she asked her father what he did for a living, and he told her that “he boils water.” It’s not an inaccurate snapshot of Vice Adm. George Davis’ extensive and…
Idaho lab inspires education, technical careers in Stevens family
May 28, 2019
Donald G. Stevens spent 30 years waking up before 5:30 a.m., taking what was essentially a school bus to the Naval Reactors Facility (NRF), 60 miles west of Idaho Falls, and shivering in the cold…
Meet three generations of nuclear fuel experimentalists
June 14, 2019
Throughout 70 years of rich history at Idaho’s national laboratory, generations of esteemed scientists and engineers have joined the lab’s team of researchers. In Idaho Falls, three generations of young men grew up with mechanical…
