National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Harris Mayer, born in 1921, is an American physicist. During World War II, Mayer joined the Manhattan Project at Columbia University.
Attended Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
Ernest Wende was transferred into the Manhattan District, the branch of the United States Army Corps of Engineers tasked with overseeing the construction of critical Manhattan Project sites, shortly after its formation in 1942.