National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Julian Schwinger (1918-1994) was an American theoretical physicist and the 1965 Nobel Prize winner. During the summer of 1943, Schwinger briefly worked on the development of the atomic bomb at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory.
Harvey B. Lemon (1885-1965) was a consultant to the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
Hope worked at the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.
Lionel Ames is an Army and Manhattan Project veteran, who worked at Los Alamos. His is also the brother of Maurice Shapiro, who was a Los Alamos scientist.
