Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

William S. Love

MetallurgistChicago, IL

Manhattan Project Veteran

William Sylvan Love was a metallurgist who worked for the Cook Electric Company in Chicago, IL under contract with the Manhattan Engineer District.

Love and his team of metallurgists worked underneath the stands of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago developing new techniques for welding un-like metals such as aluminum and magnesium. Their work was vital to the metallurgy involved in constructing the atomic bomb.

 

Related Profiles

Ann Ford

Y-12 Plant

Ann Ford worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

George Maronde

Chicago, IL

George Maronde was a security guard at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Lab. He stood guard outside Stagg Field when Chicago Pile-1 went critical on December 2, 1942.

Margaret Switzer

Hanford, WA

Elbert C. Owens

Tinian Island

Elbert Christman Owens served as a master sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned first to Luke the Spook and later to Big Stink.