National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Robert F. Christy (1916-2012) was a Canadian-American theoretical physicist Christy’s doctoral advisor at the University of California, Berkeley was Robert Oppenheimer, but Christy’s initial involvement with the Manhattan Project came at the Metallurgical Lab at the University of Chicago.
William C. Sowers served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.
Ernest Wende was transferred into the Manhattan District, the branch of the United States Army Corps of Engineers tasked with overseeing the construction of critical Manhattan Project sites, shortly after its formation in 1942.
Hartley Rowe was an American industrial engineer. Rowe worked on the Panama Canal; for Lockwood Greene, an engineering firm; and for the United Fruit Company, where he rose to become vice president.
