Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

David Hall

Head of Reactor DivisionLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranScientistSpouse to Manhattan Project Worker
Listen to David Hall’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

David Hall and his wife, Jane Hamilton, went as a team to Hanford. Also a physicist, she worked in the medical-safety division. In later years, he became head of the reactor division at Los Alamos and Jane Hamilton was the assistant director at Los Alamos.

Related Profiles

Bert L. Kelchner

Los Alamos, NM

Nathan C. Safferstein

Los Alamos, NM

Nathan Safferstein (1921-2013) was an American counterintelligence agent during the Manhattan Project.

William R. Purnell

Washington, DC

William R. Purnell (1886-1955) was a Rear Admiral in the US Navy and served as the Navy liaison on the Military Policy Committee for the Manhattan Project.

Claude R. Eatherly

Hiroshima Mission

Claude R. Eatherly served as a major in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the commander on the Straight Flush during the Hiroshima mission.