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Morton David

Research AssistantChicago, IL

Columbia University
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Chicago Pile-1

Morton David was a research assistant at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

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