Alan E. Florin was a research associate in the Chemistry Division of the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory during the Manhattan Project.

He worked in Group 6 - Basic Wet Chemistry in Sub-Section II - Basic Chemistry and Service Section of the Chemistry Division. As a member of Glenn Seaborg's [1] Chemistry Division, he worked with plutonium and other heavy metals.

Alan Florin married Kathleen "Kay" Gavin [2], the supervisor of the Nonacademic Service Group at the Met Lab, in August 1944. Later, they both moved to New Mexico and worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory. [3]

For more information about Alan E. Florin, please see the following reference:

  • Journal of Glenn T. Seaborg, 1942-1946 [4]
  • Chicago Tribune Article and Photographs from July 4, 1946 [5]

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