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Joyce C. Stearns
Joyce Clennam Stearns (June 23, 1893 – June 11, 1948) was an American physicist and an administrator on the Manhattan Project. He resigned from the Manhattan Project in July 1945 to become dean of faculty at Washington University in St. Louis. He also served as the director of the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago from November 1944 through July 1945. Stearns has frequently been identified as a member of the Target Committee that selected the Japanese cities onto which the first atomic bombs were dropped. However, the oft cited Target Committee memos omit the given names or initials of “Dr. Stearns.” General Leslie Groves' memoirs identify his appointee "J.C. Stearns" as coming "from eneral Henry H. Arnold’s office.” Scholars including Gene Dannen and Sean Malloy have noted that an error must have been introduced in Groves' memoir, perhaps by a copy editor, as Dr. Robert L. Stearns was indeed affiliated with Arnold's office as a civilian who cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meadville, Missouri
Meadville is a city in southwest Linn County, Missouri, United States. The population was 415 at the 2020 census. History A post office called Meadville has been in operation since 1869. The community was named for Charles Mead, superintendent of the St. Joseph Railroad. Geography Meadville is located in southwestern Linn County on Missouri Route 139 one half mile north of US Route 36. Laclede is seven miles to the east and Wheeling is four miles west in adjacent Livingston County. Parson Creek flows past one mile to the west.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 22 According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 462 people, 183 households, and 131 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 204 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 99.1% White, 0.2% African American, 0.4% from o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darol Froman
Darol Kenneth Froman (October 23, 1906 – September 11, 1997) was an American physicist who served as the deputy director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1951 to 1962. He served as a group leader from 1943 to 1945, and a division head from 1945 to 1948. He was the scientific director of the Operation Sandstone nuclear tests at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific in 1948, and assistant director for weapons development from 1949 to 1951. Early life Darol Kenneth Froman was born in Harrington, Washington, on October 23, 1906, the son of a farmer. His family moved to Canada in 1910. He entered the University of Alberta in Edmonton, which awarded him the degrees of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in 1926 and Master of Science (M.Sc.) the following year. He was a summer student at the University of Chicago in 1926 and 1927 before enrolling as a graduate student in 1928. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) thesis there on ''A Photographic Method of Determining Atomic Struc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
