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.
Jose Baca moved with his wife and four children from Albuquerque to Los Alamos, NM in April of 1944. While at Los Alamos, Jose worked as a carpenter and machinist.