National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Evelyn Ellingson arrived in Oak Ridge in early 1943 when many of the site’s facilities were still being constructed.
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) was the 33rd President of the United States of America. Truman first learned of the Manhattan Project after the death of President Roosevelt in April of 1945, when he relinquished his role as Vice President and took the oath of office as the next president of the United States.
