Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Homer W. Ibser

Research AssistantChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Homer W. Ibser was a research assistant at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

Earl Thomas

Los Alamos, NM

Earl Thomas was an American physicist. After receiving his Ph.D. from CalTech in 1943, he moved to New Mexico to work with the Navy on rocket design and production for the Manhattan Project.

Lucian J. Dale

Oak Ridge, TN

Lucian J. Dale worked for the J.A. Jones Construction Company.

W. H. Penny

Y-12 Plant

William “Bill” Harris Penny’s parents came to the United States from Newfoundland in 1910.

William J. Novakovich

Los Alamos, NM

William Novakovich (1917-2003) served in the Army at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.