National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Frances Zollner worked as a purchasing agent for the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago. At Chicago, Zollner would meet many of the scientists who were improving various scientific parts and procedures throughout the duration of Manhattan Project.
Helen Atchley worked at the Y-12 Plant during the Manhattan Project. She and her best friend, Dorothy Stinnett, are both pictured in Ed Westcott’s famous photograph of people going to work in the Y-12 Plant.
Alan Vorwald was a mathematician in the Special Engineer Detachment at Los Alamos. Vorwald was a part of the theoretical physics division under Hans Bethe and Richard Feynman, specializing in the computing department.
