Arthur Compton

Arthur Compton (1892-1962) was the head of the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory, and one of the people in charge of the United States' efforts to build an atom bomb, a key weapon against the Race's Conquest Fleet. He, along with the rest of his team, were transferred to Denver when the fall of Chicago was imminent. In Denver, he and his team were able to produce a successful atomic pile. He urged caution after the German pile melted down, killing several physicists.