National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Miriam Levin Melkonian grew up in Manhattan. After graduating from Hunter College with a degree in music, she briefly worked for the U.
Charles Allen Thomas (1900-1982) was an American chemist and industrial leader. Thomas was recruited to join the Manhattan Project in 1942 by General Groves, who offered him a postion as a deputy to Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico.
