3 December 1993(1993-12-03) (aged 85) Walnut Creek, California
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1941–1946
Rank
Colonel
Commands held
Hanford Engineer Works
Battles/wars
World War II
Awards
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Alma mater
University of Wisconsin, Madison (BS, MS)
Franklin Thompson Matthias (13 March 1908 – 3 December 1993) was an American civil engineer who directed the construction of the Hanford nuclear site, a key facility of the Manhattan Project during World War II.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Matthias joined the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as a Junior Hydraulic Engineer in 1935 and worked on hydroelectric projects. In April 1941, he was called to active duty by the United States Army and joined the Construction Division of the Army Corps of Engineers. He was area engineer at the Manhattan Project's Hanford site from 1942 to 1945. As such, he supervised the enormous construction effort, which included three chemical separation plants so large that they were known as "Queen Marys", and the world's first three production-scale nuclear reactors.
After the war, Matthais went to Brazil, where he helped build a hydroelectric facility. He joined the Aluminum Company of Canada (Alcan) in 1951, and was involved in the construction of its Kemano-Kitimat hydroelectric dam and aluminum smelter project in northern British Columbia and the Chute-des-Passes project in Quebec. He was a vice president at Kaiser Engineering from 1960 to 1973.
Franklin Thompson Matthias (13 March 1908 – 3 December 1993) was an American civil engineer who directed the construction of the Hanford nuclear site,...
December 1942, Groves dispatched Colonel FranklinMatthias and DuPont engineers to scout potential sites. Matthias reported that Hanford Site near Richland...
by early 1945 in operation. Only two years had passed since Col. FranklinMatthias first set up his temporary headquarters on the banks of the Columbia...
and specifically nuclear weapons. It was signed by Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt on 19 August 1943, during World War II, at the First Quebec...
transmission. For developing the differential analyzer, Bush was awarded the Franklin Institute's Louis E. Levy Medal in 1928. Bush taught Boolean algebra, circuit...
Paul G.; Franklin, Natalie R.; Strecker, Matthias (eds.). Rock art studies: news of the world. Vol. 3. Paul G. Bahn, Natalie R. Franklin, Matthias Strecker...
Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of...
as a result retained no federally recognized land rights. In 1942 FranklinMatthias allowed about 30 Wanapum to remain in their winter camp, with access...
Kenneth Nichols, Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, Harold Urey, and FranklinMatthias, explained: The purpose is to give clearly and promptly recognition...
An Epic Carved in Stones". Guangming Daily. 8 Apr 2014. Natalie R. Franklin; Matthias Strecker (5 August 2008). Rock Art Studies - News of the World Volume...
NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir FranklinMatthias, civil engineer who directed the construction of the Hanford nuclear...
bombing of Nagasaki in August 1945. The HEW was commanded by Colonel Franklin T. Matthias until January 1946, and then by Colonel Frederick J. Clarke. The...
Matthias Koehl Jr. (January 22, 1935 – October 9, 2014) was an American marine, neo-Nazi politician and writer. He succeeded George Lincoln Rockwell as...
Illinois Urbana-Champaign Father of tubular designs for high-rises FranklinMatthias University of Wisconsin–Madison Civil engineer who directed the construction...
philanthropist Thomas J. Lynch, United States Army Air Forces pilot FranklinMatthias, nuclear engineer Robert Claude Maze, military officer and aviator...
in the name of the desultory Franklin Town development. They petitioned the City to change the name of the park to Matthias Baldwin Park, which was officially...
Joseph Paul Franklin (born James Clayton Vaughn Jr.; April 13, 1950 – November 20, 2013) was an American serial killer, white supremacist, and domestic...
the year 1499. His father was John Corvinus, an illegitimate son of King Matthias I. His mother was Beatrice de Frangepan, the member of a famous Hungarian...
2009-04-15. Matthias Tomczak and J. Stuart Godfrey (2001). Regional Oceanography: an Introduction. Archived 2009-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Matthias Tomczak...
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United States
United States Army
Colonel