Richard A. Larkin
Captain Richard “Dick” Alexander Larkin (USN) was Deputy to William Parsons at Los Alamos, beginning in June of 1945, in preparation for Parsons’ deployment to Tinian. Larkin also witnessed the Trinity...
View ArticleJohn Francis Moynahan
John Francis Moynahan was a Public Relations Officer for the Manhattan Engineering District, and later worked as an international public-relations consultant. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his...
View ArticleGeorge Francis McEwen
George Francis McEwen was born on June 16, 1882 in Manchester, Iowa. He attended Iowa State College. In 1905, he moved to San Diego, California, and a few years later graduated from Stanford...
View ArticleHarris Mayer
Harris Mayer is an American physicist. A student of both Edward Teller and Maria Goeppert-Mayer, he worked at Columbia University during the Manhattan Project. He moved to Los Alamos in 1947 to work at...
View ArticleHarris Mayer’s Interview
Nathaniel Weisenberg: My name is Nate Weisenberg. I’m here with Harris Mayer in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It’s October 11, 2017. My first question: if you could just say your name for the camera and...
View ArticleRoger Stover
Roger Stover was born in Naperville, Illinois. He spent his first eighteen years there before going to Purdue for his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Stover later went on to receive a M.S. in Nuclear...
View ArticleRoger Stover’s Interview
Alexandra Levy: I’m Alexandra Levy with the Atomic Heritage Foundation. I’m here in Florida on December 28, 2017, with Roger Stover. My first question is for you to please say your name and spell it....
View ArticleRoger Stover
Roger Stover was born in Naperville, Illinois. He spent his first eighteen years there before going to Purdue for his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Stover later went on to receive a M.S. in Nuclear...
View ArticleRichard Keenan
Richard “Dick” Keenan served in the Navy on Kwajalein Island from January to June of 1946. He was involved with preparations for the Operations Crossroads nuclear tests. He sent letters from Kwajalein...
View ArticleCharles J. Spiegl
Charles J. Spiegl was a civilian scientist employed by the Manhattan Project. He was involved in radiation toxicology, studying the effects of radiation on animals at the Trinity Site near Alamogordo,...
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