National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
John Mench was assigned to the Special Engineer Detachment at Los Alamos where he worked as a pattern maker, creating wooden casts for metal work at the site’s foundry.
Dr. Lauren Donaldson (1903-1998) was an ichthyologist who was hired by the Manhattan Engineering District at Hanford to monitor effects of radioactive contamination in the Columbia River.
Rachel “Rae” Erlanger worked on the Manhattan Project for the Kellex Corporation. She grew up in New York City.
