National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Richard Tolman (1881-1948) was an American physicist and chemist. Starting in 1940, Tolman served as Vice-Chairman of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) and was also the Chairman of the Armor and Ordnance Division of the NDRC.
Augustus “Gus” Kinzel was an American metallurgical engineer. He graduated at age eighteen from Columbia College, and earned a PhD in metallurgical engineering from the University of Nancy in France.
