Charles H. Wilmer

Walter Simon

Walt Simon, a chemist, was Hanford’s first Operations Manager. Before joining the Manhattan Project, he was plant manager at Wabash River Ordnance Works, a DuPont plant near Terre Haute, Indiana.

Eric Jette

Eric Jette (1897-1963) was an American metallurgist.  He was a professor of metallurgy at Columbia University School of Mines before being recruited for the Manhattan Project.

Sam Levy, Jr.

William S. Hartnett

Bill Hartnett worked in plutonium metallurgy for the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Engineer Works from January 1943 to December 1946.