Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Virginia Meschke

ChemistChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranScientistWoman Scientist

Virginia Meschke was a chemist and technician at the University of Chicago Met Lab. She specialized in plutonium chemistry. In May of 1946, she joined the Solvent-Extraction Group.

Related Profiles

G. D. Tappscott

B Reactor/100 Area

Tappscott worked at the 100-F Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

William A. Moreau

Tinian Island

William A. Moreau served in the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron.

W. M. Whitaker

Tinian Island

W. M. Whitaker served in the 390th Air Service Group.

Wesley Kirby

Chicago, IL

Wesley Kirby served in the 1st Ordnance Squadron.