Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Alvin D. Vanvessem

Special Engineer DetachmentLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment

Alvin Vanvessem was a member of the Special Enginner Detatchment (SED) at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

Ernest C. Anderson

Chicago, IL

Ernest Anderson (1920-2013) was an American physical chemist. Anderson was born on August 23, 1920 in Rock Island, Illinois.

Waldo E. Cohn

Oak Ridge, TN

Waldo E. Cohn was an American biochemist who worked in health physics and isotope separation during the Manhattan Project.

D.A. Ray

Hanford, WA

W. H. Penny

Y-12 Plant

William “Bill” Harris Penny’s parents came to the United States from Newfoundland in 1910.