Lousis Slotin
Louis Alexander Slotin born December 1st 1910 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and died May 30th 1946 was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project which was the secret U.S. program during World War II that developed the atomic bomb.Slotin was the first of three children born to Israel and Sonia Slotin, Yiddish speaking refugees who had fled the pogroms of Russia to Winnipeg, Manitoba. He grew up in the North End neighborhood of Winnipeg, an area with a large concentration of Eastern European immigrants. From his early days at Machray Elementary School through his teenage years at St. John's High School.
He Earned the following the Degrees:
-BSc, U of Manitoba, 1932
-MSc, U of Manitoba, 1933
-PhD, Kings College, London University, England, 1936
He Earned the following the Degrees:
-BSc, U of Manitoba, 1932
-MSc, U of Manitoba, 1933
-PhD, Kings College, London University, England, 1936
R.I.P
"This park is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Louis Slotin who willingly and heroically laid down his life to save seven fellow scientists during an experiment May 21, 1946 at the Los Alamos atomic research project in New Mexico, U.S.A.
As the laboratory was being swept with deadly radiation, Dr. Slotin spontaneously leaped forward covering the experiment with his body. Dr. Slotin was taken to hospital where he died nine days later. His seven co-workers survived.
Dr. Slotin and his family had resided at 125 Scotia Street, just a short walk north of this park. Descendants and family members of the late Dr. Slotin still reside in Winnipeg."
As the laboratory was being swept with deadly radiation, Dr. Slotin spontaneously leaped forward covering the experiment with his body. Dr. Slotin was taken to hospital where he died nine days later. His seven co-workers survived.
Dr. Slotin and his family had resided at 125 Scotia Street, just a short walk north of this park. Descendants and family members of the late Dr. Slotin still reside in Winnipeg."