the atomic heritage foundation says [1] from 1939 - 1942 enrico fermi enlisted the columbia university football team jack kerouac played on to help build the first nuclear pile (reactor) which fermi co-invented with...leo szilard [2]

the l a times says [3] jack kerouac died at age 47 in october, 1969

encyclopedia britanica says [4] jack kerouac died of internal hemoraging

sports illustrated says [5]

did jack kerouac die from radiation exposure, encyclopedia britanica ?

mayo clinic says [6] radiation exposure causes internal bleeding 

wikipedia [7] says the columbia university football team built one of the first nuclear piles out of six tons of uranium oxide

former williams college president james phinney baxter lll was head of the o s s office of scientific research and analysis 

the advisory committee of uranium was a subsection of ....

wikipedia says john magruder [8] was deputy director of the o s s and 'instrumental' in the creation of the c i a

wikipedia says jeb magruder [9] graduated williams college in 1958

wikipedia says williamstown resident william vanderbilt lll [10] was executive officer (second in command) of the o s s department of special operations [11] 

references:

[1]. https://www.atomicheritage.org/article/manhattan-project-spotlight-enrico-fermi

Manhattan Project Spotlight: Enrico Fermi

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

[2].https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Szilad

Leo Szilard

[3].https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-jack-kerouac-19691022-story.html%3f_amp=true

LA TIMES

From the Archives: Beat Generation’s Jack Kerouac Dies at 47

OCT. 22, 1969 12 AM PT

[4]. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-Kerouac

Jack Kerouac

American writer

[5]. https://www.google.com/amp/s/vault.si.com/.amp/vault/1989/10/23/saturdays-hero-a-beat

[6]. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/radiation-sickness/symptoms-causes/syc-20377058

[7]. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi

[8]. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Magruder_(general,_born_1887)

[9]. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Stuart_Magruder

[10]. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Vanderbilt_III

[11]. https://www.soc.mil/OSS/special-operations.html