National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Joseph H. Laird graduated from Harvard University in 1942 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. During the war, Laird became a member of the Special Engineer Detachment, where he served as an industrial inspector at Tennessee Eastman Corporation in Oak Ridge.
James Gordon was an electrical engineer working as a civilian contractor for the DuPont Company at the Hanford, Washington site for the Manhattan Project.
