Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Joseph D. Teresi

Associate ChemistChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranScientist
Sketch of Chicago Pile-1 by Melvin A. Miller

Joseph Teresi (1915-2002) was an American biochemist. Teresi was born on August 18, 1915 in San Jose, CA.  He received a B.A. in chemistry from San Jose State University in 1938 and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1943. 

Teresi was an associate chemist at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago and at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project. 

After the war, Teresi worked as an assistant professor at Stanford and then worked at the National Radiologic and Defense Laboratory in San Francisco. He later worked at General Electric until his retirement in 1980. 

Teresi died in Los Altos, CA on August 8, 2002.

Related Profiles

Sarah Dowson

Los Alamos, NM

Sarah Dowson was married to nuclear chemist Rene Prestwood. She worked as a nurse at Los Alamos.

W. R. Kreitzberger

T-Plant/200 Areas

Kreitzberger worked in the 200 East Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

Lelia Smothers

Oak Ridge, TN

Lelia Smothers worked for the H. K. Ferguson Company.

Thomas P. Hill, III

Tinian Island

Thomas P. Hill, III served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.