National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Schure worked at the 100-D Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.
C. Cannon was a research associate at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
Walt Simon, a chemist, was Hanford’s first Operations Manager. Before joining the Manhattan Project, he was plant manager at Wabash River Ordnance Works, a DuPont plant near Terre Haute, Indiana.
James A. Parsons was an American chemical engineer. Parsons was born in Hand County, South Dakota. Upon graduation from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, B.
