Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Helen R. Hughes

Laboratory Technician; Health DivisionChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Helen R. Hughes was a laboratory technician in the Health Division of the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

Jens Thornton

Oak Ridge, TN

Jens Thornton, or “Jim” (as he went by at Berkeley) was an electrical engineer employed by Stone & Webster engineering firm during the Manhattan Project.

L. L. Martin

Y-12 Plant

L. L. Martin worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Wallace J. Beck

Los Alamos, NM

Mary E. Parrish

Chicago, IL

Mary E. Parrish was a research assistant at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.