[Boatanchors] Boatanchor folks: See?

[rbethman]

Try this specific reference:


On 2 December 1942, in a squash court at the University of Chicago, the 
world's first nuclear reactor was demonstrated under Fermi's direction.

Bob - N0DGN


On 12/18/2012 5:28 PM, David C. Hallam wrote:
> I have used this Enrico Fermi quote as my signature for another of my 
> email addresses for years.  He was an Italian nuclear physicist who 
> came to the University of Chicago just before the start of WWII.  He 
> and his team built the first controlled nuclear reactor under the U of 
> Chicago football stadium to proved the concept of nuclear fission.
>
> David
> KW3DH
>
>
> On 12/18/2012 5:01 PM, rbethman wrote:
>> Enrico Fermi of the Chicago squash court fame?
>>
>> Nope!  Never heard of him or Fermi Labs!
>>
>> (Born at the "Little Company of Mary" Catholic Hospital, Evergreen 
>> Park, Cook County, IL.)
>>
>> LOL!
>>
>> Bob - N0DGN