National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) was the 33rd President of the United States of America. Truman first learned of the Manhattan Project after the death of President Roosevelt in April of 1945, when he relinquished his role as Vice President and took the oath of office as the next president of the United States.
Elda Anderson (1899-1961) was an American physicist. After spending her entire life and career in the state of Wisconsin, Anderson was uprooted by the Manhattan Project in 1941.
James J. Nickson was a medical doctor and Section Chief of H-III Medical Industrial Hazards and Health Physics in the Health Division at the University of Chicago Met Lab.
