National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Nicholas Constantine Metropolis was born on June 11th, 1915, in Chicago. In 1936 he received his bachelor’s degree, and in 1941, his doctorate, both from the University of Chicago, and both in experimental physics.
Murray Peshkin (1925-2017) was an American physicist. Peshkin was recruited by the Army to work at Los Alamos during World War II.