Eugene Theodore Booth

Noted Physicist. He was a distinguished physicist who made pioneering scientific and engineering contributions to U.S. nuclear programs. He was involved with the Manhattan Project, which led to the development of the atomic bomb. He died in Briarcliff Manor, New York, at the age of 92. His parents were Eugene Theodore and Lucy Gibson Booth and his brothers and sister were William, Harold and Christine Booth Johnston. In the family, Eugene's nickname was "Dudes".