Who was Ray Rogers?
Rogers was a chemist. He was a
Fellow of the prestigious Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
Originally, the home of the Manhattan Project during World War II, it is
now part of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
Rogers had been a charter member of the Coalition for Excellence in
Science Education in New Mexico. He also served on the Department of the
Air Force Scientific Advisory Board as a civilian with the rank
equivalency of Lieutenant General. He had published over fifty
scientific papers in ethical peer-reviewed science journals. He was a
member of New Mexicans for Science and Reason (NMSR).
Kim Johnson of NMSR wrote the following in an obituary on Rogers: He was a Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and tried to be an excellent, open minded scientist in all things. In particular, he had no pony in the "Shroud of Turin" horserace, but was terribly interested in making sure that neither proponents nor skeptics let their scientific judgment be clouded by their preconceptions. He just wanted to date and analyze the thing. He died on March 8th from cancer. He was a good man, and tried his best to do honest science.