Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Mary M. Dailey

Research Assistant; Health DivisionChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Chicago Pile-1

Mary M. Dailey was a research assistant at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project. She was one of ten female scientists to sign the Szilard Petition, a document written by physicist Leo Szilard that attempted to prevent the United States from dropping the atomic bombs on Japan. 

Related Profiles

Peter Lax

Los Alamos, NM

Peter Lax is a Hungarian-born American mathematician. Lax and his family left Hungary for America in 1941, just days before Pearl Harbor.

Ernest O. Wollan

Oak Ridge, TN

Ernest Omar Wollan was a physicist who helped pioneer the fields of health physics and neutron diffraction.

I. D. Chambers

Research & Development/300 Area

Chambers worked at the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

Eben A. Hill

Los Alamos, NM