Donald Mastick | |
|---|---|
 Los Alamos ID | |
| Born | September 1, 1920 |
| Died | September 8, 2007 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BS 1942, PhD 1950) |
| Awards | Bronze Star Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | A study of gaseous oxides at high temperatures (1950) |
Donald Francis Mastick (September 1, 1920 – September 8, 2007) was an American chemist who worked at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory. As part of Project Alberta, he was part of the planning and preparation for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Mastick is known for a lab incident in 1944 when he accidentally ingested a small amount of plutonium, traces of which remained detectable in his body decades later. After the incident, he worked for the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory and the Atomic Energy Commission.