J. Samuel Walker

HistorianWashington, DC

Expert

Listen to J. Samuel Walker’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

J. Samuel (“Sam”) Walker is the former historian of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the author of Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan. He is also the author of five books on the history of regulating nuclear power, including Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective and The Road to Yucca Mountain: The Development of Radioactive Waste Policy in the United States.

Related Profiles

Frank K. Pittman

Los Alamos, NM

Frank Pittman (1914-1993) was an American chemist and government administrator. Pittman was born in Sacramento.

Jenny Kimball

Santa Fe, NM

Jenny Kimball is the Chairman of the Board of La Fonda on the Plaza, a hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Roger Robb

Washington, DC

Roger Robb (1907-1985) was an American attorney. An ardent conservative, Robb was a courtroom veteran as both a U.

Ernest Tremmel

Washington, DC

Ernest (Ernie) Tremmel was born on September 20, 1916 in Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.