National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Edwin “Ed” Kinderman was a Manhattan Project veteran and chemist. Kinderman was born on August 21, 1916 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ray Smith is the historian at the Y-12 National Security Complex. His specific focus is the history of Oak Ridge, and he is intimately acquainted with the uranium enrichment processes undertaken at the Y-12, K-25, and S-50 plants during the Manhattan Project, and how the Fat Man and Little Boy bombs worked.