Franklin Matthias
Franklin Thompson Matthias was an American civil engineer who directed construction of the Hanford nuclear site, a key facility of the Manhattan Project during World War II.
Franklin Thompson Matthias was born in Glidden, Wisconsin, onMarch 1908, the son of Franklin Herman Matthias and Christina Thompson. He had two older brothers, Harold and Norman, and a younger brother, Carl. In 1928 he became an instructor in Topographical and Hydraulic Engineering at the University of WisconsinMadison, from which he received his Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering in 1931, and his Master of Science degree in civil engineering in 1933. While there he joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps . In 1930 and 1931 he was editor of the Wisconsin Engineer, and president of the university YMCA. He was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi and Scabbard and Blade, and was a national officer of Chi Epsilon from 1931 to 1942.
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