Melvin A. Miller

DraftsmanChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Melvin A. Miller was a draftsman at the University of Chicago Met Lab. In 1946, he sketched two famous drawings of Chicago Pile-1 based on the descriptions of scientists who were present when it went critical.

Artist Sketch of CP-1

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