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

Walter J. Muente

Wendover, UT

Walter J. Muente served as a Private with Special Ordnance at Wendover, Utah. He was then transferred to Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico and served as Sergeant -Tech Supply.

W. E. Shedden

Y-12 Plant

W. E. Shedden worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Josephine (Benedeck) Hinch

Chicago, IL

Josephine Hinch was a research assistant at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

H. Courtney

Oak Ridge, TN

H. Courtney worked for the Rock City Construction Company.