Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Howard V. Rhude Jr.

Chicago, IL

Postwar Nuclear ProgramScientist

Howard V. Rhude worked in the Metallurgy Department at Argonne National Laboratory until 1991 when he retired after 38 years. 

Howard V. Rhude Jr.’s Timeline
1991 Nov 11th Retired from Argonne National Laboratory after 38 years of employment

1950 Apr Howard V. Rhude’s name first appears in an acknowledgement of a paper produced by Argonne National Laboratory: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4394539

Related Profiles

Floyd Owen Slate

Decatur, IL

Professor Floyd Owen Slate (1920-2008) worked on the Manhattan Project at Decatur, IL and at Columbia University.

Mary Shane

University of California, Berkeley

Mary Shane was an American astronomer and wife of astronomer C. Donald Shane. Mary Shane, born Mary Lea Heger, graduated from the University of California in 1919, and received her Ph.

William L. Fink

Chicago, IL

William L. Fink (1896-1992) was an American metallurgist. After obtaining his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering and a Ph.

Hugh T. Richards

Los Alamos, NM

Hugh T. Richards was an American physicist.  He worked on neutron measurements for the atomic bombs at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.