Living Treasures by Name
Photos by Jim Gautier, Robert Thomsen, and Jim O'Donnell

Long-time resident, music teacher, and musician...

Authors, advocates for the environment and local history, and Nancy a three-time County Councilor...

Personable volunteer at many places, even at age 100 years...

Engineer and volunteer with many, varied interests...

A true volunteer servant of community projects for 50 years...

A tireless volunteer dedicated to food distribution to the needy...

Roller skating champion, young persons advocate, consumate Kiwanis member...

Early Los Alamos historian, County Councilor, and much more...

Arrived in 1945, served on many early boards in Los Alamos and some in Santa Fe...

Forty-year resident who channeled his free time to make contributions that built and enhanced Los Alamos...

Active volunteer for scouts, 4-H, the County Fair, and the County Extension Service...

Strong volunteer leader who spearheaded history, commerial, and residential planning projects...

Artist, author, naturalist, enviromental educator, storyteller, and more...

"The Christmas Lady" who organized food and gift for hundreds of needy families at Christmas...

Advocate for community improvements in Los Alamos, two-term County Commissioner, leader of senior organizations...

Author, artist, outdoor enthusiast, historical researcher, enviromental educator...

Advocate for better government, a founder of Leadership Los Alamos, proponent for open government and citizen input...

Church volunteer, blood drive organizer, radio station personality...

Long-time community leader with braod interests ranging from theather to opera to petroglyphs...

Long-time resident, firefighter, musician, Civatan, blood drive proponent...

Community leaders, Alice a floral arranger, Lawry a County Councilor and force behind inviting Sarov, Russia, to be a sister city...

Master gardener, passionate about social justice and sustainable living, advocate for pollinators and more...

Athletic coach, Little League organizer, high school team sports announcer, "Voice of the Toppers"...

Wartime teacher, United Church leader, helped establish the Memorial Rose Garden, and more...

Long-time teacher, Los Alamos Schools historian, founding member of Los Alamos Retired Seniors Organizaion...

Deeply committed to the youth of Los Alamos, coach, sports announcer, youth projects organizer, County Councilor...

County Sheriff for 34 years, escorted President Kennedy on his visit to Los Alamos, well-known figure about town...

Long-time teacher, medical center volunteer, leader of local chapter of American Association of Retired Persons...

Author, teacher, historian,  tireless volunteer supporting Los Alamos history and the Los Alamos Historical Society...

Scout leader, Aquatomics volunteer, lighting director for the Little Theater, and more member for many community organizations...

Poet, musician, piano teacher, 100% Ukrainian and 100% American, storyteller who enlivened life in Los Alamos...

Dedicated to promoting effectives arms control at work and as a volunteer, a member of the Charter Commission, and more...

Wartime resident, early builder of the ski area, Kiwanis champion, and other service that spans the town's history...

Twice honored as one of the Outstanding Women of New Mexico for her work with Women in Science Reentry Program...

Leader of the Family YMCA, choral society, and more...

Alzheimer's care advocate, senior center champion...

An embodiment of true community spirit, musician, and compassionate advocate for cancer support...

An early volunteer at the ski hill and continual volunteer for many community organizations...

Energetic volunteer who was "was phoning, delivering, dropping off"...

"Most distinguished citizen" of his Czech hometown, important soccer coach in Los Alamos, and more...

White Rock photographer, senior center leader, and 70-year resident...

WWII bombardier, early Los Alamos houring specialist, and devotee to Casa Mesita...

Long-time volunteers serving scouts, Habitat for Humanity, the Hospital Auxillary and more...

Photographer who captured Lab history and the history of the town...

Actors, creators of the Don Juan Theatre, teachers, and Foster a NM State Representative...

Long-time volunteer for schools, Red Cross, LA Cares, the League of Women Voters and more...

A long-distance runner who helped with prison ministry, LA Cares, and establishing the annual Jemez Mountains Trail Runs...

Art teacher, proponent of the Empty Bowls Project, school board member, Visiting Nurse volunteer...

Leader of the Retirement Community Board, Aspen Ridge proponent, County Councilor...

Long-time volunteer for County boards, the golf course, Pajarito Ski Area, Casa Mesita and more...

Plant expert, protector of nature, nature center organizer, conservationist...

Tireless volunteer leader involved in prison ministries, Self Help, Family Council, Lions, and more...

Wartime resident, trumpeter, big band member, supporter of student musicians...

Nurse, musician, health advocate, tennis player, member of Family Council, Visiting Nurses, and more...

Wartime resident, director of more than 100 Little Theater and Light Opera productions, drama teacher... 

One of the first teachers in wartime Los Alamos, taught for 50 years, Los Alamos Teacher of the Year in 1995...

Long-time resident, musician, helped establish the Los Alamos Symphony, swimming instructor and more...

Founder and leader of "Pierotti's Clowns," an amatuear five-man softball team that raised more than $200,000 for charity...

Artist, horseback rider, square dancer (even on horseback), one of the builders of the Posse Shack...

Founding member of and pitcher for "Pierotti's Clowns," advocate for Alcoholics Anonymous, and more...

Volunteer and businessman, County Councilor, recipient of many local and state leadership awards...

Generous supporter of community improvement with his time and resources, Lunch Buddy, "chief pyrotechnic" for July fireworks, and more...

Purple Heart recipient in the Battle of the Bulge, New Mexico State Senator, advocate for the Valles Caldera National Preserve, and more...

Rotary president (along with every other leadership position), high baritone in the Choral Society and Lads of Enchantment, and more...

Long-time, well-known resident, generous donor, volunteer for promoting Los Alamos, the library, the senior center, and more...

Musician, dedicated to bringing music therapy to those in need, concert promotor and performer, hospice volunteer, and more...

Advocate for senior citizens, helped establish Sombrillo Nursing Facility, philanthropist, and more...

Playwright often focused on aging and caregiving...

With boundless energy, served many organizations and the County Council...

Mental health and family services advocate and member of the NM Women's Hall of Fame...

Master gardner specializing in roses helping to beautify many locations around town...

Unshakable devotee to fair government and protecting Los Alamos open space...

Longtime volunteer at the United Church and the Los Alamos Ski Club, flight instructor...

Leader always working for the "greater good," co-founder of Los Alamos Community Foundation, and more...

Thirty-year volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, LA Cares, and more...

Pilot, hiker, anti-smog advocate, namesake of half the Devaney-Longmire Trail...

Outdoor enthusiast involved with Boy Scouts for 50 years, and who championed the Jemez House Boys Ranch...

"The Cookie Lady" catered town functions, helped the Medical Center's Pink Ladies, and always has home-baked cookies at hand...

A "Los Alamos Essential Someone" who worked behind the scenes for so many community organizations...

Long-time volunteer for United Way, Kiwanis, the LA Golf Association, and two-term New Mexico State Representative,..

Wartime resident, volunteer to library, school, UNM-LA, medical center boards and more...

A generalist by inclination, photographer, historian, outdoor enthusiast, ballroom dancer...

Athletes, Maureen on ice skates, Bill in many fields, coaches, and recreation teachers...

Tireless volunteers devoted to scouts, the Ski Club, Art in Public Places, the 4th of July parade and more...

Big volunteer for Restired Seniro Volunteer Program, senior advocate, guitarist...

Wartime resident, ice skater, town council leader, mental health advocate...

Author, musician, trail builder, volunteer coordinator for forest rehabilitation after the Cerro Grande fire...

Long-time resident, teacher, library advocate, supporter of art in public places and the concert association...

Hands-on person volunteering with the Unitarian Church, in politics, for PEEC, and much more... 

Fixture at philosophical discussion at the Senior Center, early advocate for computer instruction, and more...

Behind the scenes volunteer, educator, leader of Family Council, and member of countless boards...

Volunteer for a sweeping variety of health causes, leader of Medical Center Lobby Shop, and more...

Wartime resident, early school board member, Charter Committee member, scout leader, and more...

Community activist, County Councilor, recipient of NM Distinguished Public Service Award, and more...

Actor and director for productions at the Little Theater, a distinctive voice featured in exhibits at the Bradbury Science Museum...

Stained glass artist, church volunteer, organizer of childrens' relief donations for northern New Mexico, and more...

Tireless volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, Visiting Nurses, the Senior Center, with a special knack for building things...

Always dressed in a colorful sari, passionate about educating others about her native India, creator of wildlife gardens, and more...

Known for her permaculture garden in Los Alamos, early sustainability advocate, leader of Jemez House Group Home, and more...