The Haysville Times
By Angie Gumm
Don’t let anyone tell you that Campus Colts don’t go far, and if they try to, tell them about Dr. Terrill Ray (above, left).
This summer, Ray, who graduated from Campus in 1986, received a Meritorious Honor Award from the U.S. Department of State for his work on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty, and the proposed Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty.
As an employee of the Arms Control Bureau of the Department of State, Ray uses his science background to help the U.S. make sound policies about nuclear weapons.
He works with the International Monitoring System (IMS), which is a kind of seismograph, or as Ray said a “CAT Scan that detects seismic waves.” The difference is that the IMS has to determine if the waves it detects are the results of nuclear testing.
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