Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

M. Carlson

Project StaffOak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The Chapel on the Hill in Oak Ridge

M. Carlson worked for the Roane-Anderson Company.

Related Profiles

William “Bill” J. Knox

Chicago, IL

William “Bill” J. Knox was a research associate at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Joan E. Curran

University of California, Berkeley

Joan Elizabeth Curran (1916-1999) was a Welsh physicist. Curran was born in Swansea, Wales. During World War II, she worked on Operation Windows, where she invented the “chaff,” a technique which could disrupt enemy radar.

Alfred P. Wiora

Los Alamos, NM

Alfred “Al” Wiora served in the army at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and later worked at the Hughes Aircraft Company in Tuscon, Arizona.

Virginia H. Bisbeg

Chicago, IL

Virginia Bisbeg was a technical worker at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.