Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Joseph Levinger

Research AssistantChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranScientist

Joseph Levinger was a research associate at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project. He was a member of the cyclotron group at the Met Lab along with Arthur Snell, Hugh Bradner, John E. Brolley, Morton Camac, B.D. Kern, E.P. Meiners, A.C Mitchell, V. Alexander Nedzel, Wilfred Rall, M.B. Sampson, and Roger Wilkinson. Levinger focused on studies of delayed neutrons.

He went on to become a physics professor at Cornell University, Louisiana State University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

For more about Dr. Levinger, please see his obituary.

Related Profiles

Sarah T. Halbrook

Oak Ridge, TN

Halbrook worked in the United States Engineer District Office.

Harry Palevsky

Los Alamos, NM

Harry Palevsky (1919-1990) was an American engineer. A Chicago native, Palevsky began his work on the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory shortly after finishing his undergraduate career at Northwestern University.

Eleanor Blanchard

Los Alamos, NM

Eleanor Blanchard served as a sergeant in the Women’s Auxiliary Corps during World War II. She worked as a typist at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project and also operated the switchboard for the Tech Area.

Frank C. Carlo

Tinian Island

Frank C. Carlo served n the 320th Troop Carrier Squadron.