Theodore Hall | |
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 Hall's ID badge photo from Los Alamos | |
| Born | Theodore Alvin Holtzberg October 20, 1925 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 1999 (aged 74) |
| Education | Queens College Harvard University (BS) University of Chicago (MS) |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Employer | Manhattan Project |
| Known for | Atomic espionage |
| Relatives | Edward N. Hall (brother) |
Theodore Alvin Hall (October 20, 1925 – November 1, 1999) was an American physicist and an atomic spy for the Soviet Union, who, during his work on United States efforts to develop the first and second atomic bombs during World War II (the Manhattan Project), gave a detailed description of the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb, and of several processes for purifying plutonium, to Soviet intelligence.[1]
His brother, Edward N. Hall, was a rocket scientist who led the U.S. Air Force's program to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile, personally designing the Minuteman missile and convincing the Pentagon and President Eisenhower to adopt it as a key part of the nation's strategic nuclear triad.[2]
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