Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

C. Cannon

Research AssociateChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

C. Cannon was a research associate at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

John P. Echert

Tinian Island

John P. Echert served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. 

Maurice C. Cangilla

Tinian Island

Maurice C. Cangilla served in the 1st Ordnance Squadron.

Jack Widowsky

Nagasaki Mission

Jack Widowsky served as a second lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was regularly assigned to the B-29 Top Secret.

Richard S. Claassen

Columbia University

Richard Claassen was a research assistant at the SAM Lab at Columbia University from 1944 to 1946. While there, he built and used fluidic systems to test for unusual leaks in diffuser tubes.