Leslie Groves

Leslie Groves

Known For

Acting

Born

August 17, 1896

Died

July 13, 1970 (aged 73)

Birthplace

Albany, New York, USA

Biography

Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. 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.