National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
William Karush (1917-1997) was an American mathematician and physicist. After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1942, Karush worked briefly at the Carnegie Institution of Washington before returning to Chicago to join the Manhattan Project.
Louisville native John Tepe began working for the DuPont Company in 1939 after he received his bachelor’s degree and his master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Louisville.
Walter E. Jordan worked on the Manhattan Project as an employee of DuPont on the physics staff. He worked at the University of Chicago and Hanford, WA.
