Merlin D. Peterson

ChemistChicago, IL

Oak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranScientist

Merlin Peterson was an American chemist.

Peterson was born in 1910 in Provo, Utah. He received a B.S. from Vanderbilt and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley.

In 1943, Peterson was hired to work on the Manhattan Project at the Chicago Met Lab. In conjunction with his work at Chicago, Peterson would also work at the Clinton Laboratories at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

After the war, Peterson went on to teach at Vanderbilt and Columbia University. He later worked at the Argonne National Laboratory.

Merlin D. Peterson’s Timeline

1910 Born in Provo, Utah.

1936 Received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.

1943 Worked on the Manhattan Project at the Chicago Met Lab.

19431949 Worked at the Clinton Laboratories at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

19601973 Worked at the Argonne National Laboratory.

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