National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
W. L. Brewer worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
August “Gus” Knuth was a millwright and carpenter who helped construct Chicago Pile-1. He was present on December 2, 1942 when the pile went critical in the first self-sustaining chain reaction in history.
A native of the West Virginia mountains, C. N. Gross came to Hanford in January, 1944, from Wilmington, to be a reactor consultant.
Elizabeth Curtis grew up in Haynes, AR, and was the youngest of nine children. In 1934, she married Swep T.
G. H. Killips worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
