Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Wendell Furry

PhysicistMIT

Postwar Nuclear ProgramScientist
MIT Rad Lab

Wendell Furry (1907-1986) was an American physicist. He worked at the highest levels in physics before being persecuted by Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. 

Related Profiles

William P. Jesse

Chicago, IL

William P. Jesse was a research associate at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Arthur H. Compton

Chicago, IL

Arthur Compton (1892-1962) was an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. A top administrator and advisor during the Manhattan Project, Compton played a key role in the making of the atomic bomb.

Donald F. Swinehart

Los Alamos, NM

Donald Swinehart (1917-1993) was an American chemist. Swinehart was born in Strasburg, Ohio. He received a B.

Paul Tibbets

Hiroshima Mission

Paul Tibbets, Jr. (1915 – 2007) rose to brigadier general in the United States Air Force.