Michael May, Visionary LLNL Director and Arms Control Leader, Dies at 100
May 21, 2026
May 21, 2026
LIVERMORE, California, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news:
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Michael May, visionary LLNL director and arms control leader, dies at 100
Michael M. May, the fifth director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and a pioneering physicist who shaped the nation's nuclear deterrence strategy and arms control policy for more than half a century, died on May 17. He was 100.
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Michael May, visionary LLNL director and arms control leader, dies at 100
Michael M. May, the fifth director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and a pioneering physicist who shaped the nation's nuclear deterrence strategy and arms control policy for more than half a century, died on May 17. He was 100.