National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Warren Nyer (1921-2016) was an American physicist. Nyer was nineteen and studying physics at the University of Chicago when he was hired as a research assistant with the Office of Scientific Research and Development, an early part of the bomb-building program.
Joe McKibben was born and raised in rural Missouri before obtaining a PhD in physics from the University of Wisconsin.
Attended the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.