National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Rudolph Vergath was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.
Julian Schwinger (1918-1994) was an American theoretical physicist and the 1965 Nobel Prize winner. During the summer of 1943, Schwinger briefly worked on the development of the atomic bomb at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory.
Richard Claassen was a research assistant at the SAM Lab at Columbia University from 1944 to 1946. While there, he built and used fluidic systems to test for unusual leaks in diffuser tubes.
Stewart W. Williams served as a 1st lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron of the 509th Composite Group.
Austin M. Brues (1906-1991) was the Director of the Biology Division at the Manhattan Project’s Chicago location, the Metallurgical Laboratory (Met Lab).
