National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Elwood Kenneth Colbert was born on February 9, 1932 in Johnstown, PA. In 1943, Colbert graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, with a degree in Chemical Engineering.
William S. Biggers worked as a chemical engineer during the Manhattan Project. Biggers worked at the the Houdaille-Hershey Plant in Decatur, Illinois from April 1944 to December 1946.