Edwin Crawford Kemble was an American physicist who made contributions to the theory of quantum mechanics and molecular structure and spectroscopy. During World War II, he was a consultant to the Navy on acoustic detection of submarines and to the Army on Operation Alsos. Wikipedia
“Everything with a quantum in it, with 'h' in it, was exciting.”
Explaining his attraction to the field of quantum mechanics, as quoted by Alexi Assmus in [Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academies Press, 1999, 0309064341, 182]
