National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Attended Pennsylvania State University.
Arthur Compton (1892-1962) was an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. A top administrator and advisor during the Manhattan Project, Compton played a key role in the making of the atomic bomb.
Theodore Boinski (1920-2008) was a laboratory assistant at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.
Clyde R. Beecher served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Strange Cargo.
