National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Attended the University of Wisconsin.
Victor Kumin was born on August 2, 1921 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the third child of Samuel Kumin and Clara Montwid, who had both come to the United States from Latvia as young children with their families.
As Secretary of War under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman, Henry L. Stimson (1867-1950) oversaw the entire Manhattan Project, and was responsible for appointing key project leaders and authorizing project construction sites across the US.
