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Donald Hornig, A-bomb scientist, dies at 92

Published: January 23, 2013 8:37 PM
By MICHELLE R. SMITH. The Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Donald F. Hornig, a scientist who served as a key figure on the Manhattan Project, an adviser to three U.S. presidents and president of Brown University, has died. He was 92.

Hornig died Monday, his son, Chris Hornig, said Wednesday. He had lived in Providence with his wife for the past several years and suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

Horning, a Harvard-trained...

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