Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Leanne Russell

BiologistChicago, IL

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

Leane Russell was a biologist at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

Truman P. Kohman

Chicago, IL

Truman P. Kohman (1916-2010) was an American chemist. Kohman worked on the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory and at Hanford, where he met his wife, Jane Sievers.

Louis H. Hempelmann

Los Alamos, NM

Louis Henry Hempelmann (1914-1993) was Director of the Health Group at the Los Alamos site of the Manhattan Project.

E. W. Smith

Oak Ridge, TN

E. W. Smith worked for the Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation.

James E. Galbreath

Tinian Island

James E. Galbreath served in the 390th Air Service Group.