National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Robert Cornog (1912-1998) was an American physicist and engineer. When the United States entered World War II in 1941, Robert Cornog was working for the Navy on subsurface warfare and the development of ways to counter magnetic, undersea mines.
Vincent “Bud” Whitehead met his wife, Clare, in 1944 at Hanford. Both were from Portland, Oregon and involved in military intelligence.
Olga Nelson was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.
Dorothy C. Johnson was a stenographer at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
