National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Lauchlin M. Currie was born in 1897. Currie was a chemical engineer who worked in barrier production at the Houdaille-Hershey plant in Decatur, IL.
Gerhardt Padalski was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.
Shirley Bodmer (1925-2017) was a secretary at the Chicago Met Lab during the Manhattan Project.
William J. Nicholson was born on March 2, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. Growing up, he was interested in engineering, aviation, and aeronautics.
