Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Anton Kegl

JanitorChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Anton Kegl was a janitor at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

Russell R. Wolff

Tinian Island

Russell R. Wolff served in the 390th Air Service Group.

Guy Covington

Tinian Island

Guy Covington served in the 1st Ordnance Squadron. 

Horace R. Hood

Oak Ridge, TN

Horace Hood set up equipment for the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He and his family lived in Kingsport, Tennessee while Hood commuted to Oak Ridge through a series of security checkpoints each day.

Eleanor Tellez

Oak Ridge, TN

Eleanor Tellez worked for the United States Engineer District Office.