National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
August “Gus” Knuth was a millwright and carpenter who helped construct Chicago Pile-1. He was present on December 2, 1942 when the pile went critical in the first self-sustaining chain reaction in history.
H. F. Olin served in the 390th Air Service Group.
Alvin Martin Weinberg (1915-2006) was an American nuclear physicist. Weinberg was born in Chicago. He received a B.
