Director, associate director and sector chiefs of the Ames Project, Iowa State College, USA. Left to right are; Harley Wilhelm (1900-1995, associate director), Adrian Daane, Amos Newton, Adolf Voigt, Wayne Keller, C. F. Gray, Frank Spedding (1902-1984, director), Robert Rundle, James Warf. The Ames Project was started as a research and development program to aid the Manhattan Project, for which it produced more the 2,000,000 kg of uranium. The Ames Project led to the establishment of the Ames Laboratory in 1947, which Spedding continued to lead until 1968. The laboratory contains Spedding Hall named after him and Wilhelm Hall, named after Harley Wilhelm.