Dr. M. R. Petersen

Elsie M. Freeman

Elsie Mae Freeman was born in Missouri in 1900. She graduated high school in Chicago. After graduating, Elsie was recruited to work in a lab at the University of Chicago in 1919.

Charles E. Williams

Charles Williams worked for the United States Engineer District Office. He was a “very present help in time of trouble” in the early history of Oak Ridge, with his position in charge of warehousing and property he was one of the men who knew where everything was.

James N. Bowers

John H. Smith

John Smith was a guard at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.