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Groves, Leslie (1896–1970)| US general and engineer. Groves had spent most of his career on civil engineering projects and so was appointed 1942 to supervise the engineering of the Manhattan Project, the codename for the US atomic bomb. |
| He was responsible for the erection of factories, towns, power stations, and the acquisition of all the raw materials necessary to complete the project. He employed over 125,000 people and had an annual budget in excess of $500 million. |
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