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C. H. Watkins

B Reactor/100 Area

Watkins worked at the 100-B Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

Gus Essig

Chicago, IL

Gus Essig began working on the Manhattan Project in May, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio. Essig was selected to work in the highly classified initiator program and spent several months at Los Alamos learning how to design and construct initiators.

Harry C. Maggart

Y-12 Plant

Harry Maggart worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Hyman Wexler

K-25 Plant

Attended the University of Illinois.