Samuel King Allison
Samuel King Allison
Samuel King Allison was an American physicist, most notable for his role in the Manhattan Project, for which he was awarded the Medal for Merit. He was director of the Metallurgical Laboratory from 1943 until 1944, and later worked at the Los Alamos Laboratory — where he "rode herd" on the final stages of the project as part of the "Cowpuncher Committee", and read the countdown for the detonation of the Trinity nuclear test. After the war, he returned to the University of Chicago to direct the Institute for Nuclear Studies and was involved in the "scientists' movement", lobbying for civilian control of nuclear weapons.
From *.wikipedia.org,
General Info
.
Male
Date of Birth
November 13rd, 1900
Age
123
Birth Place
United States of America, Illinois
Date of Death
September 15th, 1965
Died Aged
64
Star Sign
Scorpio
Social Networks , Links
Interest
Loading Chart...
Lists
- List of famous people named Samuel
- List of famous people with last name Allison
- List of famous Scorpios
- List of famous people born on November 13rd
- List of famous people who born in 1900
- List of famous people born in Illinois, United States of America
- List of famous people born in United States of America