National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
William Kann was a research associate at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
Joyce Clennam Stearns (1893-1948) was an American physicist who served as Director of the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory (Met Lab) from November 15, 1944 to July 1, 1945.
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.
Charles H. Hendren served in the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron.
