Norman Hilberry
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| Date of birth | March 11,1899 |
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| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Cleveland |
| Ohio | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | March 28,1986 |
| Died | Phoenix |
| Arizona | |
| United States | |
| Field | Physics |
| Alma maters | Oberlin College |
| The University of Chicago | |
| Notable student | Munir Ahmad Khan |
| Institutions | New York University |
| The University of Arizona | |
| Argonne National Laboratory | |
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| ID | 915336 |
About Norman Hilberry
Norman Hilberry was an American physicist, best known as the director of the Argonne National Laboratory from 1956 to 1961. In December 1942 he was the man who stood ready with an axe to cut the scram line during the start up of Chicago Pile-1, the world's first nuclear reactor to achieve criticality.
