Alvin C. Graves | |
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| Born | November 4, 1909 Washington, D.C., US |
| Died | July 28, 1965 (aged 55) |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Known for | Nuclear testing |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Riddle Graves |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago University of Texas Metallurgical Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Thesis | Packing Fraction Differences Among Heavy Elements (1939) |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Jeffrey Dempster[citation needed] |
Alvin Cushman Graves (November 4, 1909 – July 28, 1965) was an American nuclear physicist who served at the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory and the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. After the war, he became the head of the J (Test) Division at Los Alamos and was director or assistant director of numerous nuclear weapons tests during the 1940s and 1950s. Graves was severely injured in the 1946 laboratory criticality accident in Los Alamos that killed Louis Slotin, but recovered.