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Robert Ralph Furman (August 21, 1915 – October 14, 2008) was a civil engineer who during World War II was the chief of foreign intelligence for the Manhattan Engineer District directing espionage against the German nuclear energy project. He participated in the Alsos Mission, which conducted a series of operations with the intent to place all uranium in Europe into Allied hands, and at the end of the war rounded up German atomic scientists to keep them out of the Soviet Union. He personally escorted half of the uranium-235 necessary for the Little Boy atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian. He was also a key figure overseeing the construction of The Pentagon building. After the war he founded Furman Builders Inc., a construction company that built hundreds of structures, including the

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  • روبرت فورمان (ar)
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  • روبرت فورمان (بالإنجليزية: Robert Furman)‏ هو مهندس أمريكي، ولد في 21 أغسطس 1915 في ترنتون في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 14 أكتوبر 2008 في Adamstown ‏ في الولايات المتحدة بسبب ورم ميلانيني. شارك فورمان شخصيًا في نقل نصف اليورانيوم-235 اللازم لصنع قنبلة «ليتل بوي» الذرية في جزيرة تينيان في المحيط الهادي. كان شخصيةً محورية في الإشراف على إنشاء بناء البنتاجون. بعد الحرب أسس شركة فورمان بيلديرز للإنشاءات، والتي بنت المئات من الأبنية، بما فيها مراكز تسوق «بوتوماك ميلز» في وودبريدج، فيرجينيا. (ar)
  • Robert Ralph Furman (August 21, 1915 – October 14, 2008) was a civil engineer who during World War II was the chief of foreign intelligence for the Manhattan Engineer District directing espionage against the German nuclear energy project. He participated in the Alsos Mission, which conducted a series of operations with the intent to place all uranium in Europe into Allied hands, and at the end of the war rounded up German atomic scientists to keep them out of the Soviet Union. He personally escorted half of the uranium-235 necessary for the Little Boy atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian. He was also a key figure overseeing the construction of The Pentagon building. After the war he founded Furman Builders Inc., a construction company that built hundreds of structures, including the (en)
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