Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Burr H. Ritter

Chemical EngineerNiagara Falls, NY

EngineerManhattan Project Veteran

Burr H. Ritter was a chemical engineer at the Hooker Chemical Company in Niagara Falls, New York during the Manhattan Project. The Hooker Company worked on the production of fluorine for the Manhattan Project facilities at Oak Ridge, TN.

Related Profiles

Sterling F. Schrodt

Tinian Island

Sterling F. Schrodt served in the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron.

Winfield C. Kinkade

Chicago, IL

Winfield C. Kinkade served as a corporal in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Enola Gay.

Billy Rives

Los Alamos, NM

C. H. Brewer

Hanford, WA