Frank P. Forwood Jr.

James Franck

James Franck (1882-1964) was a German physicist and winner of the 1925 Nobel Prize for Physics.   During the Manhattan Project, Franck served as Director of the Chemistry Division of the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory.

Alfred O. Hanson

Alfred Hanson (1914-2005) was an American physicist. Alfred Hanson came to the Manhattan Project from the University of Wisconsin where he had recently completed his doctoral work, studying the Van de Graaf “long tank” accelerator.

Katharine Way

Katharine “Kay” Way (1903-1995) was an American physicist and one of the Manhattan Project’s leading female scientists.

N. S. Minichlie