National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Harry Palevsky (1919-1990) was an American engineer. A Chicago native, Palevsky began his work on the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory shortly after finishing his undergraduate career at Northwestern University.
John Fletcher worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
Right after Pearl Harbor with her new high school diploma, Mary Compton applied to TVA for a war job.
