Frank Munger

Frank Munger

Yesterday Frank Munger, the local journalist who wrote about Oak Ridge science for the Knoxville News Sentinel and in the associated  "Atomic City Underground" blog, retired.

His blog kept us informed daily about what was going on at Y12, other areas of ORNL and the region. He was also a strong supporter of Club Mod.   He was given the "Muddy Boot Award" yesterday for his contributions to building the local community's economic base.

We're all sad to see you go, Frank! We wish you a fulfilling and rewarding retirement! Maybe you'd consider writing a book about Oak Ridge. Nobody would be better positioned to do so.

Frank Munger

Just had an entertaining lunch at Ruby Tuesdays in Oak Ridge with Frank Munger, Senior Writer at the Knoxville News Sentinel. As all locals know, Frank writes the Atomic City Underground blog, the main source of news on Y-12 and ORNL. Frank has written several entries pertaining to our work and Club Mod, most recently here and here. I was impressed to hear that his blog readership is growing and he now gets well over 1M page reads per year. He was also full of praise for Tuan Vo-Dinh, who was a Corporate Fellow at ORNL and is now at Duke. Tuan's departure was a blow for ORNL, but every cloud has a silver lining, and as a result we inherited his capable secretary, Julia Cooper.