[5] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081691295536607232 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034339873899508

Sandia Lab News, VOL 20, NO 9, MAY 3, 1968. L.P. #Gise retirement notice (#JeffBezos Grandfather)

"Lawrence P. Gise, manager of the Atomic Energy Commission's Albuquerque Operations since Aug. 1, 1964, retired this week after almost 33yrs of federal government service."

[6][7] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081691728057380865 https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081692211907940352 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034469637231718

"James L. McCraw, ALO deputy mgr, is acting manager of Albuquerque Operations until arrival of Lt. Gen. Harold C. Dormelly, USAF, about Aug 1. Now director of the Defense Atomic Support Agency, Washington, D.C., General Donnelly is retiring from military service after 35yrs.

Gise joined Dept of Agriculture in DC as a messenger in Aug 1935. He left that agency as chief, Administrative Service Division, Bureau of Chemistry and Engineering in 1942 to transfer to the Public Building Admin."

[8][9][10] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081692402199511040 https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081692211907940352 https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081692645938921475 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034482633947806

"That same year (1942) , [ #Gise ] entered the U. S. Navy and served as an officer for four year."

"Following his military service, [ #Gise ] served briefly with the Veterans Administration in Dallas and later with the Navy Department in Washington."

" #Gise joined the AEC's Division of Finance in 1949, transferring the following year to the Division of Military Application. He became assistant director of the division in 1955."

[11][12] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081692986113736711 https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081693149095956480 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034501810985878

" In 1958, #Gise transferred to the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense where he served progresively as director, Program Control and Administration; assistant director for administration, and deputy director."

" Mr. #Gise was president of the Albuquerque-Santa Fe Federal Executives Association, an officer and director of the United Community Fund, and a member of the Albuquerque Armed Forces Advisory Committee."

[13] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081693750299164672 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034509381778846

Sandia Lab News, VOL. 20, NO. 4, FEBRUARY 23, 1968

"Two members of the Atomic Energy Commission and key members of the AEC Headquarters and Albuquerque Operations staff visited the Laboratory last week for technical briefings on Sandia weapon systems and other programs."

[14] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081695227545563136 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034527823552980

Sandia Lab News, V19, N24, Dec 1 1967

AWARD from U.S. Navy presented to LP #Gise , manager of AEC Abq Operations for organization's contribution to Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile System. Cmdr Dan Piraino, representing Navy's Special Proiects Office, D.C., presented award.

[15] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081695445699776512 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034550383830965

Wow ... #Gise (grandfather of Bezos )

[16] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081697096435204098 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034560324236532

Sandia Lab News VOL. 19, NO. 10, MAY 19, 1967

"VISITING SANDIA LABS recently H. T. Herrick, Director, Labor Relations, AEC, Wash DC; and John P. Chapman, Asst Dir Labor Relations, who reviewed administrative policies and programs with President John A. Hornbeck and LP #Gise"

[17] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081698301509058562 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034569676553898

Sandia Lab News Vol. 18, No. 24, Dec 2, 1966

"VISITING SANDIA [] was US Rep John F. Rhodes from Arizona (center). A member of the House Appropriations Committee, Rhodes met with LP Gise (left), mgr of AEC/ALO, and CW Campbell, VP 4000, before visiting some of the installs."

[18] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081698858894348289 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034578176705790

Sandia Lab News VOL. 18, NO. 22, Nov 4 1966

"VISITING SANDIA LABS last week were Robert E Hollingsworth (left), GM of the AEC, and Wilfrid E Johnson (2nd from left), AEC Commissioner. They talked w/ John A. Hornbeck, Sandia Corporation President, and LP #Gise (right)"

[19] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081699405177208836 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034599340297506

Sandia Lab News DECEMBER 17 1965

[20] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081746377493934091 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034609574732030

[...] LP #Gise promotion at Sandia pictured in same Sandia Lab News ( VOL. 16, NO. 14/ JULY 3, 1964 ) as remembers the JFK Assassination .

[21] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081763508180733952 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034958952025399

More good background on LP #Gise (VOL. 16, NO. 13/JUNE 19,1964)

"Born in Laredo TX, April 23, 1915, he is a graduate of Columbus University (Bachelor's degree, Commercial Science) and in 1940 of Strayer College (Master's degree, Commercial Science), both in Washington DC."

[22][23] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081763659788046337 https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081763902311092224 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034964080727381

"He was a Lt. Command•r in the Navy from 1942 to 1946, served briefly with the Veterans Administration, then returned to the Navy Department as Deputy Chief of the Estimates and Analysis Division, Budget Office."

"In 1958, he went to the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense, where he served until 1961, progressively in the position of Director of Program Control and Administration, Assistant Director and then Deputy Director."

[24] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081765683988492290 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034974885106276

Sandia Corporation Lab News - JUNE 7, 1963

LP #Gise and the RFD-1 Reactor Reentry Test

#GeorgeWebb was talking just today about nuclear-powered rockets !

[25] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081778563177738240 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102034991201794252

So now #DARPA / #ARPA ... Who did come up with the name ?

In a 1975 conversation , LP #Gise mentioned that he believes Lt. Col. George Brown, USAF, a military assistant in, Holaday's office, actually came up with the name "ARPA".

[26] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081779978881196032 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035053030751612

In January 1958 , LP #Gise was offered the top job at #ARPA (according to this 1975 document on DARPA)

[27] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081783021840318470 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035067257588362

Ultimately through, LP #Gise was recruited in 1958 "from the AEC to handle the Agency's [ARPA's] financial management activity"

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[28] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081783200949637120 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035077795533998

1958 - "An office of Program Control + Administration (led Gise) consisting of 7 civilian professionals, was set up to handle budgetary control and, assignment of funds to Service agents for contracting (through what became formalized as the "ARPA Order" system), ...."

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[29] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081784885176602624 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035092238473004

The IDA (Institute of Defense Analysis) was the first to help plan the first group of ARPA projects. Upon creating a TOD (Techncial Operations Division), #Gise was elevated to the position of Assistant Director for Administration.

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[30] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081785869877592064 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035097059348585

LP #Gise was incredibly influential in the procurement model of early #ARPA

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[31] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081787200516378624 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035119468560930

"The Saturn IB (pronounced "one B", also known as the uprated Saturn I) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Apollo program. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_IB

[32] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1081787990744199168 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035126101031145

Who could have guessed that LP #Gise was there for the Saturn IB budget meetings in the fall of 1958 for #ARPA ... I have a lot to read on the subject, mostly grabbing highlights now.

[33] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1083507700653326337 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035136028428390

Holy firetruck - Was LP #Gise (grandfather of #JeffBezos ) the man at the Atomic Energy Commission ( #AEC ) that signed over control of the #RockyFlatsPlant in the 1960s to #DOW Chemical ????

[34] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1083508003268104193 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035150808235446

How deep does the rabbit hole go on this path? You know, #RockyFlatsPlant ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Flats_Plant

[35] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1083508401026596864 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035156787488676

#RockyFlats made nukes . #LPGise - #DOWChemical - #JeffBezos - I'm sure @HuffPost would be all over this today if it connected to President Trump

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rocky-flats-colorado_n_591c81c5e4b034684b08bc13

[36] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1083511624646963201 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035161644424936

Crazy - Found the copies of the #RockyFlats / #Gise papers on a #CDC government site - Download them for yourself - https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas/pdfs/misc/rocky/folder2a.pdf

[37] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1083544931111788552 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035168654646243

This looks like a fun read you can get on Google books - " Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission and Radiation Safety"

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[38] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1083545786338721792 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035173911521852

And there that pesky ol' LP #Gise is again, discussing nuclear weapons testing in 1956, as a regional maanger at the Atomic Energy Commission. Just a great big nobody - Just a footnote in the "How #Amazon was created" book.

[39] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1083840254199693312 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035185603564080

Excellent old #frontlinepbs on #RockyFlats ...

Heads up to #WriteRockyFlats #Stop_RockyFlats (Twitter handles) ... you may want to research the path of wealth from LP #Gise to #JeffBezos , and sign up today for #Amazon Plutonium “Rocky flat rate” shopping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFTb5fOVSnI

[40] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1083893005772312576 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035276149965363

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

US Attorney General when #Rockwell was cleared of all crimes and wrongdoing at #RockyFlats was #WilliamBarr

Please #President Trump - Be careful with #Barr (best friend of Bob Highly-Enriched-Uranium #Mueller ) and the #DOJ

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barr

[41] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1084205292190162945 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035282028266396

#RockyFlats has been flagged as a location that had massive losses of nuclear material.

"The un-explained losses were still about 84-kg, enough for approximately 20 #NUCLEARBOMBS depending on the sophistication of the bomb design." Read https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pdffiles/PUB1238.pdf … …

[42] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1084297186857414658 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035288453293895

OK ... Is this the only Sandia Lab connection in #JeffBezos' family? Answer - NO So who is "T. J. Jorgensen" ?

[43] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1084297439597813763 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035294331335627

We start here - The biological father of #JeffBezos was #TedJorgensen , who passed away in March of 2015

[44] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1084297614135345152 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035297182801497

Excellent biography here on the biological father of #JeffBezos -

https://bambooinnovator.com/2013/10/11/the-secrets-of-bezos-how-amazon-became-the-everything-store/

[45] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1084298197613326336 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035301543912666

"Jorgensen was born in 1944 in Chicago to a family of Baptists. His father moved the family to Albuquerque when Jorgensen and his younger brother, Gordon, were in elementary school. Ted’s father took a job as a purchase agent at Sandia Base (today’s Sandia National Labs""

[46] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1084298820652056576 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035305776773108

July 6 1951 Sandia Labs Newsletter - Pictured is T. J. Jorgensen - The paternal grandfather of #JeffBezos

This is the first time, to my knowledge, this man pictured in the Sandia newsletter has been identified as the grandfather of Jeff #Bezos

[47] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1084299936919969792 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035326519362514

Sandia Labs Bulletin June 1952 - What exactly did TJ Jorgensen do at Sandia Labs ?

"TRAFFIC DIVISION supervisor is T. J. " Ted" Jorgensen. Ted is the man who coordinates the business between Sandia Corporation and the transportation industry of the country"

[48] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1084302135561465856 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035333200280606

Jeff Bezos' grandfather left Sandia Corporation between 1952 and 1953, moving to New York City where he joined the "Purchasing and Traffic Division of the Western Electric Company".

[49] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1084309266423521280 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035339649979448

Very hard to find his records at Western Electric ... But did notice that in March of 1973, it appears that his retirement was being announced for that year (1973) at Sandia Labs, meaning he re-joined after leaving in 1953.

[50] https://twitter.com/HousatonicITS/status/1084310280392314883 https://mobile.co/@housatonic/102035343232988020

Metadata - Since his 10 year anniversary was announced in the Sandia newsletter on July 1965, that means he rejoined Sandia sometime before then. We dont know if he would have service credit for his time before his initial departure.