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Answer to Question #1469 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"

Category: Historical Issues/Applications

The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field:

Q
I have a .jpg file of a painting by M. Parrish of a group portraying the key nuclear physicists involved in the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago. It is easy to identify Fermi, but I would like one of your experts to see how many of the other people can be identified. I am an emeritus HPS member. My daughter works at the University of Chicago art museum which is in possession of the painting. They are eager to identify the scientists.
A

I have identified the individuals in the painting as best as I can. The names are superimposed on the body of the individual in the attached image. The color used for the name indicates the level of certainty/uncertainty of the identification. A name indicated in blue is almost certain (for example, 90% plus) to be correct. A name indicated in yellow is quite probably correct (for example, 70 - 90%). A name indicated in orange is likely but suspect (for example, 50 - 70%). The detail on some of the individuals' faces toward the back is not sufficient for me to even hazard a guess. Of a pool of 50 or so potential candidates (the number of individuals who were present at the depicted event), only 19 are shown in the painting.

 Manhattan Project nuclear physicists


Paul Frame, CHP, PhD

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