Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Related Profiles

Burdette R. McVay

Tinian Island

Burdette R. McVay served in the 320th Troop Carrier Squadron.

Nicholas Metropolis

Los Alamos, NM

Nicholas Constantine Metropolis was born on June 11th, 1915, in Chicago. In 1936 he received his bachelor’s degree, and in 1941, his doctorate, both from the University of Chicago, and both in experimental physics.

Howard Wilcox

Los Alamos, NM

Howard “Howie” Wilcox was an American physicist. He studied at the University of Minnesota and was a teaching fellow at Harvard when he was recruited to work on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.

Theodore Berkeley

Tinian Island

Theodore Berkeley served in the 1395th Military Police Company, Aviation.