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.
John Willard was a research associate at the Chicago Met Lab during the Manhattan Project.
Eleanor Phillips was a laboratory assistant at the Chicago Met Lab during the Manhattan Project. She worked in Section C-II of the Chemistry Division.
