Richard Baker

ChemistLos Alamos, NM

Ames, IA

Manhattan Project VeteranScientist

Listen to Richard Baker's Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Dr. Richard Baker worked at the Ames Laboratory before transferring to Los Alamos. Considered the father of plutonium chemistry, Baker had a long career at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He lived on Bathtub House in the home that is now known as the Baker House in his honor.

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