About:

Gary Lane Stradling

E-mail address: ldsfaithandscience@gmail.com

I am a 5th generation New Mexican, born in Albuquerque, raised in Belen, and across the midwest of the United States. I have a BS and MS in Physics from BYU-Provo, and a MS and PhD from University of California Davis/LLNL in Physics-Applied Science.

I worked at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory from 1977 to 1981 and as a staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1981 to 2012. I led the Treaty Verification Technologies Office at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in DC from 2012 to 2017. I have been retired since 2018, am currently Secretary of the Los Alamos County Republican Party. I am an active member of the Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum, having served on the board of directors for two two-year terms.

I served as the Chairman of the 26-nation Open Skies Sensor Working Group in Vienna Austria from 1994-1997, and successfully assisted this international treaty to come into force. 

I served as science advisor in Department of Defense to three Pentagon Secretary of Defense organizations: AT&L:Arms Control, Implementation and Compliance; AT&L:Counter Proliferation; and USD Policy:Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy from 1994-2000. 

I received the 1990 Hubert Schardin Gold Medal from the German Physical Society for his work in ultra high speed X-ray photography. 

I led the Los Alamos team that enabled the LANL/USAF AngelFire wide-area tactical surveillance capability to be fielded in Iraq in support of the US Marine Corps. 

I have been active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) all of his life. I attended LDS seminary from 1965-1969. I served a Cantonese-speaking mission to Hong Kong from 1971-1973, and have held many responsible church assignments over the years. I am an avid student of the scriptures. I currently serve as staff in the LDS Albuquerque Temple on a weekly assignment. 

I and Rebecca, my wife of 50 years, have been blessed with 9 children and 20 grandchildren. This was no accident, but the fulfillment of a promise from God, “Your children will be the greatest blessing of your life.”

We consider ourselves in God’s service and try to do all He asks of us. I have been selected, invited, and elevated by others into ALL of my professional positions and assignments through my life, and have felt God’s assistance and direction frequently.