National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Herbert E. Kubitschek (1920-1989) was an American biologist and physicist. He studied under Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago and was present when Chicago Pile-1, the world’s first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction, went critical on December 2, 1942.
deColongne worked at the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.
Elizabeth Painter (later Elizabeth Painter Marcus) was an associate biologist in the Health Division at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory.
John H. Petroski served in the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron.
