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Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.
Leslie Richard “Dick” Groves, Jr., a career officer in the Army Corps of Engineers, was tasked with assembling the crucial links between government, industry, science, and the military beginning in September 1942, due to his imposing personality, iron will, and remarkable administrative acumen.
Leslie Richard Groves was an American army officer in charge of the Manhattan Engineer District (MED)—or, as it is commonly known, the Manhattan Project—which oversaw all aspects of scientific research, production, and security for the invention of the atomic bomb. Groves was the son of an army.
US Army Colonel Leslie Groves, from Albany, New York, was appointed head of the Manhattan Engineer District on September 17, 1942. Upon his appointment to lead this top-secret project, Groves wasted little time getting to work.
Brig. Gen. Leslie R. Groves oversaw the project. His imposing personality, drive, and administrative knowledge of the Army ensured the project’s success. Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was born on August 17, 1896 and learned about Army from a young age.
Leslie ‘Dick’ Groves: The Manhattan Project General. General Leslie Groves played a vital role in the development of the atomic bomb. This article appears in: August 2014. By George Davenport Jr. By the spring of 1945, the outcome of World War II was not in serious doubt.
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Groves was promoted to temporary Major General in 1944, and he continued to head the atomic establishment created during wartime until January 1947. He was then named the Chief of the Army's Special Weapons Project.
