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Former Los Alamos Manager to Lead UC Nat’l Labs Full Time

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Former Los Alamos National Laboratory business manager Craig Leasure will become the full-time vice president for national laboratories at the University of California on Oct. 1, after about eight months on the job in an interim capacity.
The university is a senior…

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