Wilbur A. Strauser

Gale Young

Gale Young was a research associate in theoretical studies at the University of Chicago Met Lab. Before joining the Manhattan Project in 1942, Young taught mathematics and physics at Olivet College.

Joan E. Curran

Joan Elizabeth Curran (1916-1999) was a Welsh physicist. Curran was born in Swansea, Wales. During World War II, she worked on Operation Windows, where she invented the “chaff,” a technique which could disrupt enemy radar.

Walter J. Dudek

Betty Gaevada

Betty Gaevada was a research assistant in the Health Division of the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.