Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

George Moulton

Chemical MetallurgistLos Alamos, NM

Trinity Site
Manhattan Project VeteranScientistTrinity Test Eyewitness
George Moulton's Los Alamos ID badge photo

George Moulton was an American chemical metallurgist.

After receiving his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Drury College, he began conducting research on radioactive metals at Iowa State. He was recruited for the Manhattan Project, working at Los Alamos in 1944-45. He witnessed the Trinity test with friends from a nearby hill, avoiding the Military Police securing the area. He went on to a career as a chemical metallurgist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He was an avid skiier and hiker.

George Moulton’s Timeline
1919 Jun 7th Born in Bethany, MO.

1941 Received bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Drury College.

1944 Jan Worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.

Related Profiles

George Block

Tinian Island

George Block served in the 1st Ordnance Squadron.

W. R. Hardleben

B Reactor/100 Area

Hardleben worked at the 100-F Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

Grace R. Harvey

Chicago, IL

Grace R. Harvey was a laboratory technician in the Health Division of the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Harry Sabatura

Tinian Island

Harry Sabatura served in the 1395th Military Police Aviation.